Gloria [DVD + Digital]

Paulina did a fantastic job portraying Gloria because she was so convincing. I feel most of us Americans are looking for a story that has an epiphany or an exact moment when the protagonist comes to a realization that..... or a life lesson. Well, all I can say is that movie is realistic. Life can be slow and yet so fast you close your eyes and it's nearly over. Many of us meet that unattainable or ambivalent person.... Is it real so uncommon or heart breaking we should never have a mature aged woman experience this in a movie? Why? Is it too sad? Reality isn't always perfect. So I would have to say the movie did a good job showing that. I appreciate that it did not have any pretenses..... AND Paulina really was Gloria for the duration of the movie. ALso, I would have to say the sex and nude scenes shocked me a bit. However, I appreciate the way mature aged people are portrayed to have an enjoyable sex life. Good for them and great news for us in our upcoming years.

On its surface this appealing little movie is a muted embrace-of-life tale in which the 50-something Gloria finds herself after floundering in the empty sea of a post-divorce empty-nest life from which a virile older lover, Rodolfo, seems to rescue her. Unfortunately, Rodolfo turns out to be an inconstant lover, still emotionally attached to his family and divorced wife in seemingly strange ways that the blurb on the video back-cover mistakenly describes as his having a “secret.”One great pleasure the movie provides is the opportunity to fathom and unravel this “secret,” which amounts to understanding the forces and passions that inform every important aspect of his behavior towards Gloria – from his initial odd but sincere profession of love found anew to his seemingly inexplicable desertions – and provide a remarkable and deeply consistent character study. Gloria has no interest in understanding such matters – nor for that matter much of anything else – and the movie makes hay over her declaration of independence in the face of his bad behavior but its portrait of the heroine is hardly as interesting as its portrait of Rodolfo as counter-force. Unfortunately, the movie’s undoing is that unless one can enthuse over a trite theme of feminist independence, neither character manages to pull one into caring very deeply what becomes of them.

The trailer and at least one of the reviews here make one expect a feel-good movie, but actually I found the movie to be a downer. Yes, the actress is incredible, and her character stays strong despite many mildly irritating and some very crappy things that happen to her. It's an interesting character study and the very last scene is super well done.One person who reviewed this said that the translation was terrible, so I was looking for that. I lived in Chile many years and speak Spanish fluently, and I found the translation actually frankly better than average. There is only one part of the movie that is not translated, and that's when they play the bossa nova song Águas de Março, but that's in Portuguese. The song describes love and says something like, "It's bread, it's stone, it's the end of the road" and so forth, paralleling something that her romantic interest had read to her earlier in the movie. Otherwise, that person who felt that something was missing in the translation maybe just was imagining that the movie wasn't as slow as it actually was.

What is so good about this movie is the confidence and freedom of Gloria I love the way the movie does a 360 it starts and end the same way it started. I absolutely love the character Gloria in this movie the plot is good and I had to watch it with subtitles but still loved it I wouldn’t want to spoil it but if your into foreign movies this is a good one.

The subject matter of this movie is a reality check for every senior, who is looking for a relationship again latter in his/her life. All the actors are NOT so attractive that makes the characters are more real and applied to ordinary people in daily life. It was well written and well executed. Some scenes of nudity are unnecessary and are awkward.

It's a bit slow, especially early on it requires a bit of focus on the part of the viewer. It's a good movie, one of those with a soul, and the lead actress did a wonderful job. The original version of Gloria the song (sung by its Italian writer, in Spanish but with clear Italian accent; the Laura B. version is quite inferior in my opinion, and much more angry, not a love song like the original) will keep playing in your mind for a while after the movie ends. But it does require a focus, and in that sense, it's probably not for everyone.

Gloria is 58 with 2 adult children, but missing romance, ... and puts herself out in the world. She finds a connection and feels whole, being in a partnership, even with some issues. Fortunately, the man disappoints her more than once. I say Fortunately, because you have to be WHOLE alone. Then if you find a good man, Cool, ....and if NOT...Cool, too.

I LOVED this movie. I was eagerly awaiting it to come to Amazon and rented immediately once it was. I'll grant that the pace or length may be off-putting to some, but it was just my cup of tea. I thought it was well done and brought an added depth and richness to the character and what she and her life are like, what she's going through, trying to find herself, be herself, as a now single "woman of a certain age." I do love the end, that she comes back to herself and realizes she can live and embrace life in full joy without a man. That said, I don't want that to be the end of her story, that a life alone is all that is left.

Beautiful film about an unassuming but interesting woman, lonely and wishing to find love, strong, brave, making an effort to enjoy her life. Fantastic performance by a great actress, Paulina Garcia. Gloria loves to sing along in her car and to go out dancing so there is a delicious music soundtrack. A true and honest movie.

I love Gloria. What a woman. Really feel like you are getting to know here, with all her faults, as she continues to get to know herself. Uplifting, funny, poignant and spunky as hell.

A wow of a movie recommended buy friends and ordered with effortless speed.....enjoyed every minute! I urge everyone to see it!

I really loved the character Gloria. I found it refreshing to explore the life of a middle age women and the problems found in her country.

We really enjoyed this - a little sad and funny. And I will always think of Gloria when I hear the tune!