CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Hunky Stud i obviously have seen this film a few years ago because i rated it a 7 at that time. but i totally forgot, so i checked out the DVD again.when i was watching the beginning, i sort of remembered it. so i fast forwarded it to the end scene. it seemed interesting, i started watching it from the beginning again. now i am rating it an 8.i can't believe that it was made 12 years ago, it seems like a classic film to me. it is just timeless. those actors were great, after all, they are real actors in real life. so the emotions are genuine.it is always fun to watch foreign films to see what people around the world think, do, etc. i think that it showed the life of Spanish actors. and one of the guy looked like ashton kutcher. ;)

vernoncoffee By coincidence two film DVDs arrived at the same time that were similar in topic, a comic look at college level schools that ostensibly prepare young people for a career in the arts. No Shame/Sin vergüenza, a 2001 Spanish production and Art School Confidential, a 2006 Hollywood product, both using the device of a jaded group of instructors, played off against the naive enthusiasm of aspiring students. While each film reflects the cultural differences of the two countries, there is a significant difference in depth.Art School Confidential has an impressive cast for the instructor generation, the likes of Angelica Huston, John Malcovich, and Jim Broadbent who all put in yeoman's duty to provide some gravitas, yet for the film as a whole, there is only one degree of separation from it's humor and a typical teen comedy, as students compete for top grade to win a private show are distracted by something every budding artist must contend with- a mystery strangler terrorizing the town and student body and an unscrupulous, married, undercover cop posing as a student who seems a shoe-in to win the competition and snag the female lead while he's at it.In contrast, No Shame's plot device is more straight forward, a previous lover of the head of the acting school is in town casting his new film. The school head invites him to watch the finale exam performances, which throws the acting class into disarray as many of the students hope to impress the director and score a part in his film. Verónica Forqué and Daniel Giménez Cacho do the heavy lifting for the instructor's generation and though a comedy in the Almodovar vein, the acting during the performance scenes and before are at a higher level all together than Art School Confidential, and the humor is generally more sophisticated.I won't say that Art School Confidential is plagiarism, but coming five years after, it simply lacks the creative vigor and zest of No Shame.

newland80 Having been one of our finest screenwriters for the last couple of decades, Joaquín Oristrell started directing his own material in the nineties. "Sin vergüenza" is, without a doubt, one of his finest directorial efforts so far, but it's a shame that such a good movie is spoiled by a dull and unbelievable ending. One of the greatest and more welcome surprises of the film is the bunch of struggling actors who play precisely that, a bunch of struggling actors. One could say that some of these (Marta Etura, Daniel Martín, Nur Al Levi, Nacho Casalvaque) steal the show from the veteran actors, since Verónica Forqué, Jorge Sanz and Daniel Giménez Cacho are not precisely at the highest of their talent. Rosa María Sardá, as usual, gracefully raises the level of the film with a charming supporting performance as an aging diva.Albeit irregular, "Sin vergüenza" is, for most of the time, an entertaining movie, but maybe they should have come across with a more believable ending.

jotix100 Mr Oristrell's film career as a screen writer, should have given him a better understanding of the material he decided to direct, but obviously he had no clue as to what a mess this film was going to be.The story is absurd. It rings untrue from beginning to end. Everything is phoney. The characters are 1 dimensional and paper thin. The main conflict between Isabel and Mario, 20 years before was stupid. The character of Isabel is badly played by Ms. Forque, whose career is even more difficult to explain in the Spanish cinema. It's very difficult to think an acting teacher would resort to let her students emote in the way she lets them. It's a shame that Rosa Maria Sarda didn't consult her good friend Ventura Pons before she accepted her role in this film. This is a step backward for her in a thankless appearance. What about Jorge Sanz' yoga instructor? What does he add to the plot? All in all this is a very badly cooked paella. Let's hope Mr. Oristrell doesn't get another idea about directing his own material any time soon.