i obviously have seen this film a few years ago because i rated it a 7 at that time. but i totally forgot, so i checked out the DVD again.when i was watching the beginning, i sort of remembered it. so i fast forwarded it to the end scene. it seemed interesting, i started watching it from the beginning again. now i am rating it an 8.i can't believe that it was made 12 years ago, it seems like a classic film to me. it is just timeless. those actors were great, after all, they are real actors in real life. so the emotions are genuine.it is always fun to watch foreign films to see what people around the world think, do, etc. i think that it showed the life of Spanish actors. and one of the guy looked like ashton kutcher. ;)

This is one of my favorite movies and one that I feel hits closest to the reality of an actor's life and struggles.The one thing I like the best about it is its honesty regarding what actors are really like. While the movie shows the sense of community that develops among young actors struggling to make it in the acting life, the filmmakers also do not hesitate to show how actors can can also be selfish, conniving and self-centered. It doesn't romanticize the hard life of an aspiring and as such, ultimately becomes a valentine to actors and the acting life. In fact, the movie is dedicated to the several thousand strong acting community in Madrid.But for those not really interested in the plight of aspiring actors, Sin Verguenza is also a charming and engaging romantic comedy. Veronica Forque is simply adorable as the head of the acting school and her awkward chemistry with co-star Daniel Gimenez Cacho is the source of much of the movie's humor.When I first saw this film I remember comparing it to Tootsie, which is my other favorite film spotlighting aspiring actors. But in hindsight, for all Dustin Hoffman's intention to make the movie a tribute to struggling young actors, Tootsie is primarily a romantic comedy with insights into gender roles and how they affect relationships. As far as paying tribute to actors goes, Sin Verguenza is the real thing.I have already seen this movie twice and I look forward to seeing it again in two weeks when it is screened at the Instituto Cervantes cultural institute here in Manila.

Having been one of our finest screenwriters for the last couple of decades, Joaquín Oristrell started directing his own material in the nineties. "Sin vergüenza" is, without a doubt, one of his finest directorial efforts so far, but it's a shame that such a good movie is spoiled by a dull and unbelievable ending. One of the greatest and more welcome surprises of the film is the bunch of struggling actors who play precisely that, a bunch of struggling actors. One could say that some of these (Marta Etura, Daniel Martín, Nur Al Levi, Nacho Casalvaque) steal the show from the veteran actors, since Verónica Forqué, Jorge Sanz and Daniel Giménez Cacho are not precisely at the highest of their talent. Rosa María Sardá, as usual, gracefully raises the level of the film with a charming supporting performance as an aging diva.Albeit irregular, "Sin vergüenza" is, for most of the time, an entertaining movie, but maybe they should have come across with a more believable ending.

Sin Vergüenza is a charming, light-hearted farce centered on a famous film director's visit to an acting school to look for new talent, and the eruption of emotional chaos this creates among the school's students and staff. Jealousies, insecurities and egotism come boiling to the surface as everything surrounding the director's visit goes fabulously wrong, and then fabulously right, all while both poking fun at and glorifying "the artistic soul". The entire cast is wonderful, with special mention to Rosa María Sardà's hilarious turn as a drugged-out aging diva, a performance that won her the Goya award (the Spanish Oscar) for best supporting actress. Also Goya-nominated for its rollicking script, Sin Vergüenza (No Shame) is a complete delight. :)