Tortilla Heaven
Tortilla Heaven is a 2007 independent comedy film written and directed by Judy Hecht Dumontet.
The film was received mixed reviews from the press. Film critic Brandon Fibbs wrote, Inspired, incredibly, by a true story, Tortilla Heaven is a modernday fable, a sort of biblical parable couched in comedy. While a fable is an amusing and compelling way to relate a story with a serious point, Tortilla Heaven at times undermines its message by stretching the comedy to its limits. An overthetop courtroom battle and a child custody fight with a nudist hermit veer the film into the realm of the absurd far too often. Tortilla Heaven comes very close to becoming a parody of the true movie the filmmakers wanted to make. Tortilla Heaven is a lowbudget, independent production, and, most of the time, it looks the part. For every bit of genuinely beautiful cinematography, there is another sloppy, amateurhour moment.Critic Justin Chang, critic for Variety, wrote, Pics almost exclusively Latino and Native American cast is mostly reduced to playing folksy caricatures, feverishly crossing themselves and peppering their Mexicanaccented English with the odd exclamation in Spanish. But give some of the women credit Olivia Hussey adds some loopy fun as a cowmilking nudist, while Lupe Ontiveros brings her usual brash attitude to bear on the role of a lecherous and overbearing motherinlaw. Production as a whole feels disjointed and thrown together for reasons that become all too clear in light of the filmscredited producers. Incidentally, the reallife Holy Tortilla legend hails from Lake Arthur, N.M., where the first but certainly not the last culinary manifestation of Jesus face was reported in 1977. But after Tortilla Heaven, auds wont be praying for a Second Coming. ........
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