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Love in the Time of Cholera
Half a century of unrequited love, too much time for Javier Bardem to span persuasively, ceding the early years to a younger unmatching actor (Unax Ugalde), then acting awkwardly younger than he looks, then donning a series of stick-on mustaches from coal black to salt-and-pepper to sooty gray. To make matters worse, the object of his love remains the same actress throughout, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, and changes but little. Even at two and a quarter hours, the film (adapted by Ronald Harwood from a hefty novel by Gabriel García Márquez) often feels hurried and half-baked. With Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Fernanda Montenegro, John Leguizamo, and Hector Elizondo; directed by Mike Newell. 2007.
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MPAA Rating: R
Length: 2 hours, 18 minutes
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