It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Better Late Then Never

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

This was a very complicated film to watch because there were many things occurring at the same time. It was very puzzling, and there were many ideas needed to be put together in order to understand the story. Although the film was complicated, it was also very fast-paced and exciting. There were many parts in the movie that really captivated me into the story -- I almost felt like I was there. For instance, when Costa was asked by Belen's mother to accompany her while finding Belen to save her, Costa debated on whether to go or not. This scene made my classmates and me to become very nervous. Finally Costa decided to go, and I was a little relieved. It is truly amazing how good movies can make the viewers feel like they're really there. It is a depressing view to see how these Bolivian people were risking their lives just to provide their children with clean water. Clean water is something most of us in the U.S. take for granted, but for them, it is everything. Money was bribed, people rioted, and people risked a lot in attempt to get clean water. This aspect of the film empowered me to think more about this topic and hopefully get involved in the future.

A film about the fictitious making of a documentary investigating Columbus' discovery of America and the consequent exploitation of native Americans. The natives are still being exploited by the State and big business and in this story are also exploited by the makers of the film about their exploitation! A clever, entertaining, moving film exposing social injustice and the hypocrisy of big business, including the film industry. A well made, well acted film that complicates our perceptions of exploitation, revealing how the methods employed to use indigenous peoples are changing whilst also showing how resistance continues.

Makes people understand Indian culture, how capitalism works, shows art and real life, what politics is about. There is much here to savor, including scenes reminiscent of the best of Werner Herzog and Costa-Gavras, Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie, and Jorge Sanjines' Yawar Maliku (Blood of the Condor). Three beautiful male actors fight for hearts and minds. Gael Garcia Bernal gets a run for his money from his co-stars, especially newcomer Aduviri as the pint-sized water activist. There is a late scene where Costa tries to get Sebastian over a depression that's left him temporarily bedridden. No, they don't go there, but one can fantasize – it's the ultimate reason we keep going to the movies.

This film relates something about the privatisation of water in Bolivia and the enforcement of that private ownership by the government. Water, previously owned by the people through their government, then water rights sold to a trans-national corporation by operatives within the government. Lest we think that this sort of thing only happens in the lesser elsewhere, please note the following:A US judge declares Detroit residents have no right to water 1 October 2014In a ruling on Monday, the federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Detroit declared that workers, youth and retirees have no "fundamental right" to water, as he threw out a lawsuit challenging the city's policy of shutting off tens of thousands of residents from one of the most fundamental necessities of life.