Fresh
This switching-places comedy warmly and trenchantly sends up the telenovela genre's swooning melodrama and oversexed-but-prudish contradictions.
Inkoo Kang, TheWrap
Ana Maria in Novela Land
2015 · 1h 29m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Georgina Riedel
Overview
Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.
Director and cast
- Georgina Riedel Director
- Edy Ganem as Ana Maria / Ariana Tomosa
- Michael Steger as Tony / Armando
- Elizabeth Peña as Sra. Soto
- Nestor Serrano as Sr. Soto
- Juan Pablo Gamboa as Eduardo
- Dyana Ortelli as Mercedes
- Luis Guzmán as Schmidt
- Mercedes Mason as Ana Gloria
- Carla Morrison as Laura Diaz
- Tamara Taylor as Dr. Acevedo Bechdel
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A lightly amusing comedy about an avid fan who trades places with the star of a popular telenova.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten
The script, co-written by director Georgina Garcia Riedel and Jose Nestor Marquez, plays like a first draft that misses out on comic opportunities.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
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