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They do have a mother, Marambra (Maricel Alvarez) although she's not of much use. She's bi-polar, prone to going off her meds and apparently incapable of fidelity. (She's a quasi-legitimate masseuse and one of her regular clients is Uxbal's brother Tito, played by Eduard Fernandez.) Alvarez is fantastically compelling in the role if it weren't for the hesitation and doubt we see in Uxbal's eyes when she tries to convince him she's better, we'd probably believe her. She is the personification of narcissistic unreliability; witness the fact that she never seems to notice that Uxbal is obviously ill. He's so obviously in need of help that you may feel the urge to leave a casserole in front of the screen.
Inarritu, who for his first three films teamed with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, co-wrote Biutiful with Armando Bo and Nicolas Giacobone. This screenplay is far more linear, and without the fracturing favored by Arriaga (and which is not always successful, their 21 Grams was a mess). But it has its own peculiarity. Just as Matt Damon's character communicated reluctantly with the dead in Hereafter, so does Uxbal. The difference is that he can see them (and we can too, in various creepy poses). He could run a profitable sideline business getting paid by grieving relatives to speak with their recently departed, but chooses not to; it's too much of a psychic burden on a man who is already overwhelmed with the weight of the world.
This piece of magical realism seems to be Inarritu and his co-writers' gift to us, their means of leavening the hardships of the rest of the movie. It is, if you will, the proviso they slip in our pockets (Nothing really ends, circle of life, and so forth). It's a funny combination, this deeply gritty look at immigrant communities with the fanciful aspect of speaking to the dead. Whether it gives you solace may depend on your faith; perhaps Biutiful is, in the end, a film meant for true believers.
A one-eyed marshal helps a girl find her father"s killer. With Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon. Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen (1:50). PG-13: Violence. At area theaters.
Joel and Ethan Coen are rare cinematic originals, which masks how carefully distilled their films are. No matter the source gangster noirs, cultural footnotes, Homeric journeys, Looney Tunes they bolster new ideas with classic structure, and make the seasoned seem fresh.
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