Iñárritu has always been good and this one from him is no different. The acting of Javier Bardem paired with this amazing director resulted in a emotional masterpiece.The story is sad and Javier's acting makes sure the audience experience the emotions he is going through. The story is touching and its very unpredictable with the exception of the ending.Good movie and perhaps best of Javier's acting so far.

It is too much constraint to him.In addition to a cancer,his financial situation is so bad,and he has two lovely children to look after. As a matter of fact,their mom have to take care of them,and definitely have a responsibility to it. But she is not the person. She has no rights and qualifications.Nobody save his life and reverse this situation.All he can do is pray.No answer.During the time ,his disease is getting worse.It is inevitable.Everyone know,but including me ,almost spectators pray to reverse his situation.This movie have a ability to make us think like this.

So it seems that this title hasn't been received all too well by critics or the general public alike, but for the life of me I can't see why.From the tremendous use of framing and shot composition, to the outstanding acting and pacing, Biutiful is one of the most underrated films I have ever had the pleasure of seeing.Javier Bardem was fantastic as usual and Maricel Álvarez really brought home the show. She was able to bring such character to an otherwise lifeless prop. All of the child acting was pretty good which is rather hard to come by in this day and age. (Unless you're Haneke, then it's easy.)The cinematography was also pretty solid with some excellently crafted and well coordinated one-take shots which takes a genius to perfect, and Inárritu has pretty much done that by this time in his career (Birdman really solidifies that fact). For this exact reason I can't figure out why the Metascore is so very low, (same with the Rotten Tomatoes score, but apparently they see some pretension in Inárritu's art, because different = pretentious).However, I do have a few issues with the film: .Some of the character logic was consistently annoying and progressively got more unbearable as the run time continued. .There were at least a few scenes with some poorly dubbed dialogue which was hard to unnotice on repeated watches. So it may not have been the most immersive film ever but it's pro's most definitely make up for its flaws.I would highly recommend this film as one of the better films from 2010 and I would also recommend picking it up on Blu-Ray like me, for it is one film that deserves to be experienced to it's highest potential.

Biutiful is director Alejandro González Iñárritu's attempt at recapturing the sense of drama his Death trilogy (Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel) had. Expectations were high not only because of the success of the aforementioned films, but because it had been four years since Babel first graced the big screen. Unfortunately Biutiful doesn't fully recapture the magic of Iñárritu's previous efforts and this may simply be because of Melodramatic Overload. Iñárritu always had a knack for compelling drama, but his films never became melodramatic to the point that it turned me off. Biutiful pretty much reached that point. If you thought Detachment was depressing, wait until you revel in the quagmire that is Biutiful.We follow Uxbal (played by Javier Bardem) as he tries to make a living for himself and his kids in Barcelona. He has separated from his wife due to her bipolarity and alcoholism, so his kids have no mother; his only immediate family is his brother who works in construction; he earns money by finding work illegal immigrants and managing a group of people who sell fake designer goods; he's diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and he can talk to the dead (with which he earns some money on the side when taking to the recently deceased on behalf of others). To provide further plot info would be to enter spoiler territory, but the above should give you a clear indication of what you can expect: tragedy.What works is Bardem's magnetic performance which is what convinced me to watch the film from beginning to end and the cinematography which capture Barcelona in a way not seen on postcards, in all its depressive beauty and dreariness. Those who were enamored by the nighttime Tokyo imagery in Babel, will find a lot to like. Also interesting is some of the camera-work during scenes involving the afterlife. The first time Uxbal walks into a room and the camera slowly pans to reveal a man clasping onto pipes on the ceiling with what can be described as an intense look on his face… Iñárritu should try his hand at horror, that's all I'm saying. Perhaps the film's highlight is the subplot involving his ex-wife. Despite her bipolarity and alcoholism, she and Uxbal try to repair their relationship and take care of the kids, until Uxbal realizes (again) she cannot be entrusted with this task, despite what she says.Overall, I think Iñárritu reached the limit of what the audience could take in terms of melodrama. Though reception was positive, in no way did it equal his previous efforts. With Babel, there was an overarching point and a sense of dramatic beauty that this film's title fails to deliver. Although Iñárritu's films deal with themes of death (hence the supernatural element in Biutiful) and mortality, Babel had more to offer (the theme of communication overcoming cultural barriers). Crucially, Biutiful lacks this 'positive element'. It feels more like a melodramatic downward spiral, as opposed to Babel which – despite all the drama – still offered a positive world-view, because it showed human suffering is universal and it is the point where cultural barriers fade away. It's unsurprising that Iñárritu's next film, Birdman, will be part drama and part comedy, which will be interesting to say the least.