Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-02-24 (Monday)

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) - This one took me a while to work my way
through.  It's Spanish (mostly) language musical starring Zoe Saldaña as
a lawyer in Mexico who is hired by a Mexican drug lord to fake his death
and facilitate his transition into a woman.  The drug lord arranges for
his wife and kids (who think he's dead) to move to Switzerland.  But
after a few years the former drug lord decides she wants her wife and
kids back.  The wife and kids are pretty much forced back to Mexico
against their will, thinking the woman is a distant relative.  She also
tries to turn over a new leaf and make amends for all the harm she did
when she was a drug lord, but the past catches up with her.  And Zoe is
forced to go along for the ride.  I watched this because of all the
award nominations (and wins).  Including currently being nominated for
Best picture, director, and actress by the Academy Awards. That and
there's been a bit of controversy, and when people don't want me to
watch a movie, that tends to make me want to watch it more.