Review of Paraiso Travel (2008) by Diego Fernando G — 06 Apr 2008

Despite the plot seems to be pretty simple and common, I think that its approach is very successful. The Aldemar Correas' performance is surprising, he is an unknown actor with few experience and still he achieves the purpose to transmit the pain and his concerns to the viewer as well as his happiness and attitude to face the challenge to be foreign in such a big city.

Maybe which I like the most about this movie is its capability to comfort the tragedy of the characters with a little bit of sarcasm that makes you laugh at times and forget momentarily how serious is the problems with the immigrants and the issues back in their origin countries: The classic American Dream, but not fallen in extremes where apparently its main purpose is to be a funny movie from the drama, such as Brigitte Roüan's "Travaux, on sait quand ça commence..." ("Housewarming" in U.S).

To sum up, this is not neither the best Colombian movie nor the worst, still it is a must in the Colombian cinematography, excellent execution and adaptation from a simple plot, great performances (John Leguizamo was superb in a role which is not natural on him) and very very entertained.