Charm School (with Spanish packaging)

Charmingly Funny and Entertaining
Although I would consider this a chick flick, the mexican type of humor allows this to be entertaing even for guys. The playful and sometimes even cheesy sexuality in the movie is not at all distasteful or unnecessary, but rather adds to the comedic sense of the film and gives it a sensual touch. Martha Higareda is a great and beautiful actress, and truly gives her character life as she portrays a young and rebelious senator's daughter, who is sent to an academy for ladies where she is to learn how to act like a proper woman in order to not ruin her father's campaign. The movie has great music by Ximena Sariñana, who also stars in this movie along with Rafael Sanchez Navarro, Blanca Guerra, Camila Sodi, and directed by Fernando Sariñana. If you are a fan of mexican comedies, then this is definately one to watch.

Young rebelious Mexican beauties
I liked this movie and enjoyed it very much. It is one of those movies that doesn't require alot of thinking like trying to figure out a plot. There is lots of eye candy as it features several Mexican beauties, most notably Martha Higareda who plays the lead as the priveledged, tatooed rebel, Adela. She is the daughter of an aspiring for more clout Mexican politician. Mexican singer Ximena and daughter of the director Fernando Sabrinana plays a nice role as the gay in the group of rebel girls who meet while attending the boarding school to get some polish and take away the rough edges. Ximena pulls off this role very nicely with her adrogynous looks and playful attitude. She is always listening to music on her headphones rather than paying attention so it's an ongoing gag that they have to tell her to listen up. The girls take nothing serious and are constanly poking fun at being proper. It is hilarious as is the movie throughout. Ximena surprises the other girls by revealing her...

Mean Girls" Comes to Mexico
While I'm not partial to "chick flicks", Niñas Mal is one of few teen angst movies that anyone can enjoy. While the ultimate lesson of Niñas Mal (like Lindsay Lohan's Mean Girls) is to stay true to yourself, the movie is unfortunately weighed down with cliches. Too many aspects of the film are borrowed from similar movies, it only stands out thanks to the performances of a great cast.

The film stars Camila Sodhi (daughter of Mexican singer Thalía), the very stunning Martha Higareda of Amar Te Duele, and songbird Ximena Sariñana. Despite the fact that Sariñana stands out as one of the most beautiful young actress of Mexico, I had mixed expectations of her performance considering she continued to find herself in movies (like this one) directed by her father (Fernando Sariñana). I was ultimately happy with the job she did, and in the process became a big fan of her music, thanks to her contribution to the film's soundtrack (give her...

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