The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Tortilla Soup
Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2001
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.
Movie details
Tortilla Soup
“A comedy to arouse your appetite.”
2001 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 43m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Tortilla Soup?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
María Ripoll
Written by
Tom Musca · Vera Blasi · Ramón Menéndez
Jacqueline Obradors
Carmen Naranjo
Tamara Mello
Maribel Naranjo
Judy Herrera
Eden
Nikolai Kinski
Andy
Elizabeth Peña
Leticia Narnjo
Constance Marie
Yolanda
Troy Ruptash
Hairdresser
Court is in session
Put Tortilla Soup on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.