Biutiful (2:28) 2010

Biutiful is a very long and depressing film. Javier Bardem, a wonderful actor, portrays Uxbal the dying father of two young children. Uxbal is separated from his wife who has a bipolar disorder.Uxbal and his children live in the poor section of Barcelona where Uxbal earns a living by helping illegal immigrants, Chinese and Asians, get work. He always gets his cut from the employers and he also pays the police to look the other way. Bardem has been nominated for a Best Actor award and he deserves the nomination but I predict he won't take Oscar home. I really don't care for this film, it's not my cup of tea. It is also too long, a good fifteen minutes could have been edited to assist the pace of the movie. Bardem is still one of my favorite actors. The young actress who plays his ten year old daughter also deserves recognition. This film is in Spanish with English subtitles.