review: Mataharis
Three female detectives rummage around in their own lives as much as in the lives of others in Icíar Bollaín’s Mataharis, the director's first film since her laurelled domestic abuse drama Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes). While a female perspective is still a welcome change in Spain’s cinematic landscape, having three different female protagonists is perhaps too much, as Bollain and Tatiana Rodríguez’ screenplay only succeeds in reducing each woman’s story to its soap-opera essentials, with the detective bureau-setting adding to the TV-series feel. Acting from the three leads is far above the average TV series from Spain (or elsewhere), but is not enough to disguise the basic small-screen appeal of Mataharis. The film did middling business in Spain upon its release in September. It opens today in Belgium and will open in August in the Netherlands.
2008-06-26 05:00:07 / from european-films.net
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