Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

IslandGuru Who payed the critics

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

jotix100 When we last saw Oliverio, he was a man that appeared to be lost when he finds himself alone, as Ana, the woman he really cared for, decides to go to Spain, without even thinking about him. Oliverio, as we meet him in this new sequel, goes away from Argentina and settles in Spain.In a way, this film was probably director Eusebio Subiela's comment on how he looked at the economic crisis he saw in his own country during those dark days in which a lot of people decided to go and look for a better life abroad.The movie, doesn't bear much resemblance with the previous one. The only thing that doesn't want to leave Oliverio is the figure of Death that follows him everywhere. The poetry of the previous film is not evident as much in this new movie, but at the same time, it doesn't have that fatalistic view because it is more positive than the previous one in that, at last, Oliverio, finds true love with a circus performer who dares him to take chances, the same way she does, when she performs on the high wire.Dario Grandinetti is a frequent collaborator of Mr. Subiela. They both are attuned to the work the director wants to extract from his actors. Ariadna Gil is seen as Alejandra, the girl who steals Oliverio's heart. Nacha Guevara and Sandra Ballesteros return again as Death and Ana.Although this is not one of Subiela's best pictures, it still has some good elements that will not disappoint his fans.

wuwuwu I didn't see the first in this series, cut considering the earlier posting, perhaps it is best to see the Dark Side of the Heart (2) first if comparison with the other could interfere with enjoyment. IMO this movie stands well on it's own. The questions about life and love link the plot together beautifully. Who hasn't had relationships that felt like that? I liked the way suspense was built by keeping the scenes and characters somewhat out of sync. The character metaphors were great. I laughed. I cried. I could relate.There is still one character I couldn't figure out. The lady that introduces him to the motorcycle man. I have a few ideas about her, but still I'm not sure.

raquelita_bella El lado oscuro del corazon (1992) is a great movie, full of poetry, or metaphores and yet, full of humour. Oh, and it has a story in it.Then, 10 years later, the director tried again... and gave us THIS. It's terrible. Nothing to do with the first one. A simple, plain story, with too many quotations (no matter they belong to great latin american authors, they seem here too cheesy, out of place) and stupid methaphores (sometimes too obvious, some others just boring). The old characters have lost all their spirit; the new ones are just cartoons of what they could be. Their relations are so stiff that you can't belive them... Do yourself a favour. If you saw the first film, forget there was a second one. You don't need it. If you haven't, do it -watch the first one and forget there was a second try of the director of getting some easy money thanks to the 10th anniversry of his only good movie. Remember, nobody will give you back the couple of hours you'd use in watching this film. So, if you can, avoid it.

Jaylang I first saw this movie a few years ago - probably at Montreal Film Festival - and was pleased with everything I saw. At the time I had not seen the First ''Lado Oscuro de Corazon".Labelled as ''2'' this is not a true sequel but more a clin d'oeil to american cinema that so often gross us out on repeated capital exploitation of a weakstory line and benign subject for the sole purpose of attracting to the mass... this is not what we have here - but more like an interesting poetic broodling on the subject of Man/Woman mysteries