When the leaders of Heaven and Hell, Marina D'Angelo (Fanny Ardant) and Davenport (Gael García Bernal) respectively, decide to fight for the soul of the decadent boxer Manny (Demián Bichir), they send their best agents to Earth. The singer Lola Nevado (Victoria Abril) from Heaven and the former gangster Carmen Ramos (Penélope Cruz) from Hell are assigned to get his soul, and they have a tough dispute to accomplish their mission."Sin Noticias de Dios" is one of most original comedies I have ever seen. The story is very funny, ironical and charming, with splendid lines and dialogs in the screenplay. The direction is very precise; the wonderful cast, with a very charming and sexy Penélope Cruz; a stunning (as usual) Victoria Abril singing in a perfect Portuguese; an elegant and classy Fanny Ardant; and a very funny Gael García Bernal, has also the participation of Demián Bichir (from "Sexo Pudor Y Lágrimas", "Santitos" and "In the Time of the Butterflies"), Elsa Pataky (from "Beyond Re-Animator" and "Romasanta") and an uncredited last scene with Javier Bardem. The vision of Heaven as Paris, Hell as an American prison (could be a South-American one – certainly they are worse) and the Hell's administrator as an American president in his car with his body-guards are absolutely hilarious. Victoria Abril singing "I'm Evil" and Penélope Cruz dancing an extremely sexy dance are delightful. I highly recommend this movie, which has two (2) wins and seventeen (17) nominations of festivals, for those viewers that like a refreshing and very different comedy. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Sem Notícias de Deus" ("Without News From God")

Two agents, one from heaven and the other from hell--each tries to coax a loser of a boxer into their respective domains. Later, a conspiracy brings them together to save the boxer's soul. All for what? Cleopatra's nose. An inch longer, and it would have changed the course of history. Negligible, but consequential. Of course.Very strange, but likable movie. Much of it doesn't make sense. And the movie doesn't really explain anything. But it's not supposed to make sense.Don't ask why. Heaven is a black and white version of Paris. Both heaven and hell are ran like corporations, with directors, officers, and agents. The language of heaven is French. Language of hell is English. Spanish is the common language used in between the two. The director of hell has a swiss passport. Random. Violence. Humor. B/W. Color. French. English. Man. Woman. Good. Evil. A cocktail. Too much random ingredients makes it impossible to get intoxicated off of, but it's enough to get me buzzed.Purhaps the randomness alludes to...nothing is predetermined, but our decisions are influenced. Nothing is really clear cut, and things happen for no reason. It's a mess. But such is this world. This mess, on a macroscopic level, forms a harmonic balance of life and death, and good and evil.An interesting relationship develops between the characters of two leads, Cruz and Abril. An affinity for one another, based on a unique pretense--very interesting. Fun to see Penelope Cruz in an interesting role--she provides a good interpretation of the character she plays.The movie flows like a playful thumping of the piano keyboards by an infant--random and cacophonic, but endearing.

As far as this reviewer is concerned Don't Tempt Me is a lot of confusing claptrap. Heaven and Hell in the persons of Cruz and Abrant (two lovely and fine actresses, wasted here) are fighting to gain the soul of a dying prizefighter (Demian Bichir). Just why he is such a tempting target never becomes clear. Several scenes shot in such places as a supermarket and a men's room (note the urinals), and they have a bit of humor when thought of as rooms in Hell. But at two hours particularly I felt the director was rubbing it in--or rather rubbing the viewers' faces in a mess of something. How did these good performers get involved? I should mention Gael Garcia Bernal as Davenport, just barely more than a walk-on role, but he manages to make something out of it, largely because of his own special talent, not that of the director.

Basically creates its own mythology as to the afterlife and how the angels and devils communicate and coexist. Gael, Fanny, Demian, Victoria, Penelope, and Gemma Jones were all great. As others have commented, the use of languages (at least 4) was creative. I also enjoyed the heaven and hell sets. (SPOILERS)I kept thinking, they are making the Penelope Cruz character a lesbian -- interesting --- and then it turns out she is a straight man, and Javier Bardem to boot! She did a great job in this movie.I would have liked to see at least some of the "legal" arguments before the judge as to Manny's fate, but that is my own negative comment, and not much of one.