3/10
El club de los incomprendidos
11 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Welcome to the Spanish version of the Breakfast Club (not meaning that this movie conveys at all the brilliant teen 80's classic). Typical love story of a teenager girl Valeria who meets 'the good guy - Raúl' but is also attracted to this kinda sweet but dangerous skater - César who has problems with authority.

The story is way too predictable; except maybe for the 'crazy girl' who suffers from some type of schizophrenia and sees this imaginary friend Alicia; a representation of her anxiety, depression and insecurities.

The rest of the club is formed by 'the nerd', 'the weirdo', a non-communicative girl who, cliché enough, happens to be a lesbian and 'the strict' super uptight girl who suffers with the pressure of living up to the expectations of her parents.

The soundtrack sucks and no wonder that teenagers suffer from depression by seeing movies like this one where the main characters are all pretty and shallow. A comment from Valeria to the pretty, good boy Raúl is " You are handsome, rich and smart. What else do you want?". Well Valeria, scratch the handsome, the rich (although good for him!), do leave the smart and add some extra adjective to his personality. Probably if he is smart enough he would know he wants much more to strive for a fulling life.

This movie is to be seen (if all) while doing other stuff and leaving it on the background. This story will soon vanish from my memory for sure.
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