Menorca (2016) User Reviews

Not much ado but watchable

[rhondasmit · 5/10 · 13 September 2017]

Saw this on Netflix the other night, and it was slightly better than the repeat fare on TV. There isn't much more to the story than the synopsis of the movie provides, and ordinarily bored soccer mom's aren't my thing, but I did not hate the protagonist, or the movie.

Let me be clear, I didn't like either of them a great deal, but - oddly - no hate. This wasn't a movie that is very memorable, but it was watchable. Some of the scenery was beautifully photographed. Visually very appealing, well framed, great colors.

Nudity doesn't bother me, if it does, just skip the first minute or so, after that it is all small boobs, nothing too racy. The protagonist is flawed, impulsive, a horrible mother, messes up, and does not seem capable of redemption, but at least she does it in a scenic fashion. Problems I had with the film were about the incessant drinking and driving and smoking - not a fan of those. Also, even though the film was short, my attention span wandered a bit toward the end, and I got caught up in comparing Spanish as spoken here vs. in the Mexican/South American movies I watch (never learned Spanish, so it is all based on movies), and didn't catch all the 'deep' things the old woman was rambling about. Maybe that would have made a difference, although I doubt it.

Bad male fantasy of a soccer mom gone bad

[UncleLongHair2 · 3/10 · 15 September 2017]

Starting with the opening scene (no big spoilers here) where a naked man snorting a line of cocaine off of the main character's naked rear end, the movie is nothing but a long, drawn-out salacious heterosexual man's fantasy of a soccer mom gone bad.

The concept was done so much better in "Weeds" but in this unimaginative treatment the improbably young and attractive mother drinks Johnny Walker from the bottle yet never looks the least bit tipsy, chain smokes, steals a mini-van, sleeps with a random hitchhiker in a dumpy motel. Then, naturally, meets a stripper, takes a job in a strip club, and we get to see her and her stripper friend half naked for most of the rest of the movie.

While the movie is long on shots of partially clothed women, drinking, and smoking, and the acting is pretty good, it is a little hard to find the point, if you can make it all the way to the end.

Bare to the skin (no pun intended)

[kosmasp · 5/10 · 16 June 2022]

Well at least that is what you get in the beginning. But it is not about peeling away clothes (if the nudity makes you expect something in particular you may be well dissapointed), but to find ones inner self.

The journey is not an easy one, but it does include things you may not feel comfortable with seeing, even or because it may contain acts of love (or whatever you would call it). An interesting drama and overall well played, but certainly not everyones cup of tea.

Great story for those mother or people who haven't find themselves yet.

[mattismyname-53306 · 8/10 · 27 November 2020]

At first the movie I thought it's a comedy genre. But when she began narrating her stories, i'm starting to get interested to it. Escaping your problems won't do anything, so don't waste ur time for not fixing it. Take ur time to realize how precious your family means to you.

Don't overdo things, enjoy yourself, go with the flow of life. Have some new friends with u and don't forget ur family.

As a young adult who hasn't find himself, i wish i could've been there myself on my worst times i need me the most.

I'm not expert or anything but this movie deserves a 8/10 score :))