La Buena Voz (The Good Voice)

Had I listened to the little voice in my head I would have left the theater in the middle of this muddy melodrama from Spain.

A couple who looks like they've hated every moment they've lived together is come undone by the appearance of an old family friend with a secret to tell. She's the wife's best friend and she's come to tell her that her son was born out of a fling she had with her husband 27 years ago. Instead of getting angry, Rosa is happy since she couldn't have kids of her own. Enter the son, who is also gay and has just found out he has AIDS. Enter his ex-boyfriend, who doesn't want to leave him. Enter the father, who won't accept a gay son.

Enter a thousand cliches of every bad telenovela you will find yourself in the middle of La Buena Voz, trying too hard to be a hip meditation on life in the 21st century.

The one and only saving grace to this film is the cinematography, which is excellent and the opportunity to see Bilbao, where the film was shot.