Cancel My Reservation (1972)

A TV show host living in New York takes a vacation in Arizona and is framed for the murder of a young Native American woman. His wife joins him and both join efforts to prove his innocence. The owner of a big ranch is involved in some shady businesses and might be the culprit.

This film has a mix of serious criminal drama and comic gags. Most of it does not work, but can be viewed with a small effort. Some of the one-liners are funny but most are just intrusive.

Rating: 33

Life Stinks (1991)

A billionaire bets with a business competitor that he can survive for one month as a homeless person without access to any of his possessions except the clothes he is wearing. If he wins he gets to buy from his rival the very area where he will be living during that month (he wants to build on that area). If he loses he will have to sell an adjacent area to that rival. During that month he will make friends, get cheated and change his outlook on life.

Easy to watch yet uninspired comedy with a similar premise to Sullivan's Travels (1941).

Rating: 43

Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor de Rosa (1970)

A bunch of singers touring in Japan accidentally run into a statuette which is Phoenician in origin and contains a map to an ancient treasure. They are chased by a guy who covets that treasure, but are protected by a Japanese swordsman.

Touristic adventure with lots of sightseeing and some fine songs. It is mostly idiotic but a few sequences are visually interesting.

Rating: 13

Truman (2015)

Julián is an actor living in Madrid who has a terminal disease; he receives the visit of long-time friend Tomás who lives in Canada and came to spend a few days with him and try to persuade him to continue his treatment.

Mediocre drama about dying. The problem with contemporary films is that they try to mirror reality but have little else to justify one's sitting for two hours watching them. So, if you want a mirror to reality, watch it, but do it at your own risk. Don't blame me if you end up thinking it fails at mirroring reality, since I am not even sure that it succeeds at that. How could I be anyway? What is reality, if you don't mind my asking?

Rating: 37