Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The truth is that the first thing I ask myself when I see this movie is, did they really do it this way, without covering up and not recognizing the voice? I think it's an attempt to make a great movie of kidnappers, but for my taste stays the attempt. None of its sections becomes good and the main, I do not believe the movie. I do not think it's bad that's why I give it four, but it does not become good.Spoiler:I'm surprised that no one in the neighborhood recognized them or at least the director would have told us that people were asking him or at least telling us that they never released anyone, because when they kill the first, the film raises it as if it had been The first to be killed. Nobody wonders, because people take them on a hitchhiking two blocks from home? Everything in the script is strange, caught with pins. The family is very normal, I do not know if they study at home or at school, for a moment I raise it but I do not know, but no one ever finds out about anything, or is it not even the girls are afraid to see that in the Basement people are screaming all day?That if I surrender to the feet of how it has made the plane of the fall of the son in the court, it is fantastically done. Not so the sequence plans of the rest, which I think are of no use and many are left over.The soundtrack bother me, when they are going to commit the kidnappings, the music is partying, I do not understand it, I do not know why it is not music of tension or intrigue, as if they were partying.I remembered a lot of The Godfather and that does not seem to me a great movie, but at least it has a photo and a brutal atmosphere and it is neither one nor the other. I think he has no rhythm and no pretty plans. If you see that it is the time that it is, art, makeup and hairdressing are fine. But it stays there.

I was so excited when I heard this movie was released in Argentina that the anticipation to watch it felt like watching the final of the World Cup. And, as it also so often happens with World Cup finals, the movie was disappointing. I am not sure where and why it failed to capture my attention, but I just know that even though the story has potential, the movie is directed in a way that feels rather boring. I know that El Clan has become the most successful movie in Argentinian history, but it is a title it does not deserve. The movie is very average and possibly only matters because it is based on true events that caused a stir not that many years ago. For lovers of real event movies.

Greetings again from the darkness. It seems inherent within human nature for kids to want to make their parents happy and proud. Most of the time the reverse is also true: the majority of parents want to be good role models for their kids. However, when the latter is not true, things can get pretty ugly … even frightening. Such is the case with the real life story of the Puccio family in Argentina.Acclaimed Argentinean director Pablo Trapero (Carancho, 2010) gives us a look at the Puccio crime family, and in the process draws parallels between the political turmoil and re-structuring of Argentina as it returned to a democracy in the early 1980's.The façade of the happy family makes for perfect public cover as horrendous crimes are perpetuated … often in the basement of the family home. Arquimedes (Guillermo Francella, The Secret in Their Eyes 2009) is the father who often seizes on the celebrity of his rugby star son Alex/Alejandro (Peter Lanzani) to catch their victims off-guard. The family Modus Operandi is pretty simple: kidnap-collect ransom- kill. Arquimedes was known for his hospitality, often offering home-cooked meals to the victims as they were chained in the family basement. Quite a contrast to the brutality involved in the crimes.The film raises many questions, and makes us wonder where the line of guilt is drawn between committing a crime, and simply looking the other way. It's presented as if Alex felt compelled to support his father's endeavors even though it caused major internal struggles for him. Certainly the mother/wife (an excellent Lili Popovich) made the conscious decision to do what was necessary. It's especially unsettling to see Arquimedes helping his daughter with her school work, while the most recent victim is shackled in the cellar.As Argentina's Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language film, it didn't make the final cut, but it's absolutely at the level of the five nominated films. Fans of Scorcese and Coppola crime films will see the influences, and the film rates with such crime gems as A Prophet (2009) and Animal Kingdom (2010).

before seeing this film, I only knew it was Argentinian. as I watched the action unfold, it was as if someone was texting me what was coming next. I said to myself "I've seen too many movies.' what I actually meant was "Ive seen an awful lot of movies." anyway the patriarch of a Spanish family goes into the kidnapping business during the 1980's. the why is never answered, as they don't seem to live in luxury or spend the ransom money. there are so many unanswered questions that one doesn't really care after a while. the reason to go is Guillermo Francella. he is riveting and you can't take your eyes off of him. his son assists him in the kidnappings and I couldn't tell if he admired his father or was scared to death of him. the movie certainly captures all I know of the time after the junta and the movie does work. and I was surprised. anyway, go.