I happen to think she is one of the most loathsome characters to ever carry a movie.
Spoilers.
Abandons her (ungrateful) family.
Leaves a decent (if boring) job in an impoverished country because she "didn't get along with her boss."
Decides to become a drug mule for the cash.
Smuggles a huge amount of narcotics in her body, which is also carrying a fetus.
Deceives the sister of a fellow mule who has died/been murdered, in order to have a place of refuge from drug dealers.
Uses the money from her drugs to set up shop in America, having returned them to the owners, who of course will poison hundreds of willing addicts with them.
Chooses to stay in the U.S. as an illegal alien, without much in the way of prospects besides a similar job and situation from the one she left.
I can't wait to hear this character lauded by the Oscar presenter when Catalina Sandino Moreno's Best Actress nod is announced.
I'm not looking to get into a political pissing contest; I just think it very curious how words like "brave" are being tossed around in light of how this character is actually presented in the movie.
Spoilers.
Abandons her (ungrateful) family.
Leaves a decent (if boring) job in an impoverished country because she "didn't get along with her boss."
Decides to become a drug mule for the cash.
Smuggles a huge amount of narcotics in her body, which is also carrying a fetus.
Deceives the sister of a fellow mule who has died/been murdered, in order to have a place of refuge from drug dealers.
Uses the money from her drugs to set up shop in America, having returned them to the owners, who of course will poison hundreds of willing addicts with them.
Chooses to stay in the U.S. as an illegal alien, without much in the way of prospects besides a similar job and situation from the one she left.
I can't wait to hear this character lauded by the Oscar presenter when Catalina Sandino Moreno's Best Actress nod is announced.
I'm not looking to get into a political pissing contest; I just think it very curious how words like "brave" are being tossed around in light of how this character is actually presented in the movie.
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