Nicotina (2003)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Hugo Rodríguez

Writer:

Martín Salinas (writer)

Release Date:

3 October 2003 (Mexico)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Caper | Hacker | Mexico City | Gangster

Awards:

12 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Diego Luna	...	Lolo
Lucas Crespi	...	Nene
Norman Sotolongo	...	Svóboda
Jesús Ochoa	...	Tomson
Martha Tenorio	...	Eulogia (as Marta Tenorio)
Rafael Inclán	...	Goyo
Rosa María Bianchi	...	Carmen
José María Yazpik	...	Joaquín
Marta Belaustegui	...	Andrea (as Marta Beláustegui)
Eugenio Montessoro	...	Carlos
Carmen Madrid	...	Clara
Daniel Giménez Cacho	...	Beto
Alexis Sánchez	...	Andrei
Jorge Zárate	...	Sánchez
Enoc Leaño	...	Memo

Also Known As:

Cigarros, desamores, y 20 diamantes (Mexico) (working title)
Nicotina (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

Argentina:93 min | Canada:93 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:90 min

Country:

Mexico | Argentina | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | USA:R | Spain:13 | Australia:MA | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:16 | Germany:12 (original rating) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

México D.F., Mexico

Company:

Altavista Films

Average as most recent mexican films.

There is a problem in the mexican film industry: the mexican directors and producers are filming basically light comedies. Their main goal is to recover their investment, they think that comedies with a simple plot is the best way to bring people to see their movies (and pay for a ticket to do it) So, most of the recent mexican movies are comedies and most of them have a great technical realization but with a poor argument. And off course, the actors are repeating the same characters over and over again.

Nicotina is just another urban comedy. As simple As that. The film hasn't any improvement at all. The plot, and the situations are very familiar with some previous films like "Todo el Poder" or "Ciudades oscuras" Here in mexico we're waiting for a breakthru motion picture, with a good and trascendental plot...Since "Amores Perros" or "Y tu mamá también" the mexican films are just the same.

nicotina is 6 out of 10.