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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Synthetic Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Synthetic Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Twenty-something Ana Maria (Edy Ganem) is so bored with her life she keeps sabotaging it without thinking. After she gets fired from her job, bails on her best friend, and blows off her sister’s bridal fitting, Ana Maria gets into a fight with her mom about her lack of purpose. At the end of this epically bad day, Ana Maria seeks solace ...

Directed By: Georgina Garcia Riedel

Written By: Jose Nestor Marquez, Georgina Garcia Riedel

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Synthetic Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Synthetic Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m

Ana Maria in Novela Land

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Twenty-something Ana Maria (Edy Ganem) is so bored with her life she keeps sabotaging it without thinking. After she gets fired from her job, bails on her best friend, and blows off her sister’s bridal fitting, Ana Maria gets into a fight with her mom about her lack of purpose. At the end of this epically bad day, Ana Maria seeks solace ...

Directed By: Georgina Garcia Riedel

Written By: Jose Nestor Marquez, Georgina Garcia Riedel

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
51
14% Positive
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86% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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86% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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70
Feb 16, 2015
This switching-places comedy warmly and trenchantly sends up the telenovela genre’s swooning melodrama and oversexed-but-prudish contradictions.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 1, 2015
Ganem has sufficient verve and appeal to sustain interest in both of her characters, and the sporadic tweaking of telenovelas and the fans who love them is often quite clever.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 24, 2015
Ganem and her talented co-stars work hard, but Riedel's pacing is always a beat or two behind their mad energy, making for a film that's enormously appealing, but not quite addicting.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 26, 2015
While this effort directed and co-scripted by Georgina Garcia Riedel lacks true comic inspiration, it provides some genial laughs along the way.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 25, 2015
The major failing of Ana Maria In Novela Land is its unevenness. The comedy is never all that funny, and some scenes fall noticeably flat, either because the cast isn’t strong enough, or because the production as a whole lacks polish.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 24, 2015
Over-the-top, but not far enough over the top to fully pay off. But Ganem makes the title character, and her soapy doppelganger, enough of a hoot to make it worth staying through the credits.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 26, 2015
The script, co-written by director Georgina Garcia Riedel and Jose Nestor Marquez, plays like a first draft that misses out on comic opportunities.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Synthetic Cinema International, Stargazer Films USA
Release Date Feb 27, 2015
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Imagen Foundation Awards
• 6 Nominations

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