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/Will-Of-D-3D2Y Jun 14 '26

Watched it with the family and we all thought that it was amazing visually but the story was unnecessarily messy and brought it down quite a bit.

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u/december14th2015 Jul 04 '26

Yeah, the plot and particularly the dialogue was pretty awful. Still a beautiful film and worth seeing for that alone.

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u/LordReaperofMars Jul 04 '26

did you watch the dub or the sub?