User Reviews

"Cosa Bella" is despite the title an American English-language short film from 2006, so this one is already over a decade old and still it is among the most known career effort from several people working on these 14 minutes, including writer and director Fiona Mackenzie. But there are also cast members who have made it, maybe not big, but they are enjoying successful careers. Co-lead Stephanie Szostak was in Iron Man 3 for example and as something much bigger than an extra. Now back to this one here. A look at the right side here on IMDb tells you already that the defining component for this film today is the lesbian aspect and I cannot deny it is appealing to watch as a straight male especially with one of the two lead actresses being pretty gorgeous, so I am a bit surprised the film got way better ratings from females. Maybe they are lesbians too? Sadly, the story in terms of depth and character development never manages to dig deep and make any kind of difference whatsoever. This is about a woman in a marriage to a man, who enters into an affair with a woman and is not sure what she really wants, especially if telling the lesbian woman, who has really fallen for her, to stay out of her life is indeed what she really wants. Audiences may know the answer before the protagonist does. Overall, it's okay to watch at a quarter of an hour, but I think you can skip it too and you won't be missing much as I felt it was truly mediocre and forgettable as a whole. From what I saw here, I am not surprised Mackenzie did not manage a breakthrough. Watch something else instead.