Very Cool!!!

Sorry, this movie sucks

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I'm not sure that I've ever seen a film like Even the Rain, where the plot of the movie involves filming another movie. It's really cool to think about, and I think they did a great job. The producers were able to explain things that took place hundreds of years ago involving Columbus, Las Casas, and the Indigenous Indians that they experienced; while also showing the water wars that took place in Bolivia between the government and citizens. Here in the United States, I am fortunate to never have to experience the lack of water or suffering that these Bolivians had to go through. If I were in Daniels shoes in this movie, I'm not sure I would've been able to do what he did. Lead a bunch of people in a rebellion against the government, sounds pretty scary to me. I understood most things about this film except for the title of the movie. What does it mean and where is it represented in the film?

I think that Even the Rain was a very inspirational film. It educated the viewer about Christopher Columbus and Bartolomé Las Casas. I enjoyed this film because the water crisis in Bolivia correlated with the Spanish Conquering of the Natives. The Bolivian revolt, led by Daniel, started because the government of Bolivia wanted to increase the taxes on water because it was too cheap to obtain. This triggered the Bolivians because they do not make enough money to afford a tax raise on water. Daniel, who is a rebellious person by nature, leads the revolts, and also plays a major role in the movie that Sebastión and Costa are filming. Daniel ends up getting beaten up, and arrested, nearly ruining the entire movie production. Later in this film, Costa realizes how important the water or "yaku" crisis is to the local Bolivians. It was very impactful to see Costa evolve during this film. He started off as a rude character, who didn't care about the local Bolivians or the Native Americans. But by the end of the movie, he was willing to risk his life for the Daniel's daughter, Belén. Another theme of this movie was how the characters of the movie, like Christopher Columbus and Las Casas. have different views on how to treat the Bolivians, correlating with their roles in the movie. For example, a Las Casas supported the Native Americans, which meant that he also supported the Bolivians. Columbus on the other hand, was the conqueror of the Natives, so he did not really care about the Bolivian Water Crisis throughout the movie. This was proved at the dinner when all the characters talked about "Yaku" or water and their roles in the movie. Overall, this film really opened my eyes to all of the prejudice, and lack of common, daily resources in Central and South America.

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.

I do like Ken Loach's film, being a regular leftie, but they are sometimes a bit 'worthy' and downbeat. This film is right on the money, showing a believable crew making a low budget movie with anti-imperialist intentions showing how Columbus was nothing more than a vicious exploiting thug. I particularly like the way the cast, director and producer are getting on with the job of making a product within a budget and the stress the producer endures when his actors get precious or even more, when his indigenous not so stupid extras get stroppy too. Of course its neo imperialism that raises its ugly head to show that the sins of the past are very much in evidence today as the 'natives' are still fighting for their land and their water against the crushing power of multi national 'free market' companies seeking to expropriate their natural resources with the help of corrupt local politicians. This movie just grew and grew on me as I was aware that it could end in a very bad way. Did it? Well worth the wait. A gripping and visceral piece of drama.