Loco Love (2003)

Being a Laura Harring fan I decided to buy the DVD despite the horrible reviews, thinking maybe the reviews weren't correct. ALAS! I was wrong. The movie was cliché, the characters were unconvincing and the storyline ..well lets just say you're better off watching paint dry. Yes I sound harsh, trust me it pains me to write such a review for a Laura Harring movie. But being a fan of hers from Mulholland Dr, I expected the sensual fiery Laura.However, she comes off mellow, dry and distracted in the movie. There are bits of comedy but are they worth watching the movie? NO. Watch this movie on a lazy summer night when you just want to make time pass.

This movie is a definite cheesy formulaic romantic comedy. The biggest drawback is the acting, which is sometimes wooden and forced. In general not that great. On the plus side, the cinematography is good. Shot on location in California, it looks like a professional job (as opposed to your neighbor filming with the new camcorder). As for the plot, well as a formulaic movie it is exactly what you expect, but if you like Romantic comedies would you really want it any other way?? In general I would describe this movie like "Taming of the Shrew" meets "A Million to Juan" meets "Beauty and the Beast." My wife and I rented it from the dollar section of our local video rental store. It is an OK way to pass two hours, but I wouldn't buy the video.

LOCO LOVE is predictable fun. It is one of those films that after the first ten minutes, you know where it is going, and how it is going to end. This is a straight forward story that goes from point A to point B with very few twists along the way. Boy meets Girl. Boy and Girl hate each other. Boy and Girl love each other. Boy and Girl break off their relationship. Boy and Girl get back together. Fortunately there are enough fun scenes along the way to make the journey worth taking.The beginning starts out a bit shaky with a jerky exposition and an incredibly bad mustache. It is apparent that this film was made on a very low budget. I thought I was going to hate this film. However, the story slowly became endearing. It's a Taming of the Shrew meets Trading Places kind of story.The story was hampered by the producer/director trying to be too politically correct. The relationship between Donald and Cat also seemed a bit rushed, but it worked well enough keep my interest. What made this film entertaining was the cast of character actors and the little one-liners they were given.While LOCO LOVE is not great entertainment, it is good enough to nuke some popcorn, curl up on the couch and watch this awkward, silly romantic comedy.

Writing about bad movies is easier. Just throw the insults in and that's it. Writing about really bad movies is somewhat harder. And then there is Loco Love. This will remain as THE movie that I "had" to stop watching because my DVD-player would not agree to play it. I can't blame it because the whole "movie" ( I don't know if the word can be used because I don't think it follows any standards of movie making itself). Loco Love is the word for low budget. There is practically no story ( a rip-off of My big fat Greek wedding ), no direction, the sound seems to come from space when people are near each other...and even one of the lead male actors seems to have a fake moustache. What were these people thinking? The one star in this system stands for awful but in my case it is funny kind of awful. Because this must be and is a joke.