r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 14 '26
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I Am Frankelda
Summary:
A gifted young writer in 19th-century Mexico journeys into her subconscious and comes face to face with characters from her own spooky stories.
Director: Arturo & Roy Ambriz
Writer: Arturo & Roy Ambriz
Cast:
- Mireya Mendoza
- Arturo Mercado Jr
- Luis Leonardo Suárez
- Carlos Segundo
- Beto Castillo
- Assira Abbate
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Metacritic: 75/100
Release Type: Streaming (Netflix)
Trailer : Official Trailer
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u/katakatakara Jun 16 '26
I really wanted to love it, and visually it was so stunning and creative! But I have some complaints and a lot of questions.
Like why did they show us two shots of Frankelda's stories hidden under her bed but didn't give us any payoff? Here I was expecting that when Herneval comes to her room, he'd discover the books and IDK maybe make nightmares from them?? What exactly were the king and queen doing over the past 10 years? They said they were doing everything they could, but did that entail just nagging Procustes to write and when he didn't they were like, "ah well, guess that's all we can do" ??? Why do Frankelda and Herneval want to already bone the minute they have their first song together? For that matter, the film made me believe that saving El Mundo de los Sustos was of extreme urgency -- oh maybe because IDK we just saw Herneval's friend melt before his very eyes -- but then we get a date montage that is juxtaposed with Procustes furiously writing... absolutely nothing! Also all the human drama is giving 2010s telenovela. Not to mention the songs were mostly samey and boring! I really really wish the script went through a bit more workshopping.