Color, NR (sexual situations, mature themes), 93 min., DVD $19.98, Spanish with English subtitles
DVD: director's commentary, deleted scenes
Street: June 21, Prebook: May 31
First Run: L, Int'l. 2004, NA
Cast: Mauricio Ochmann (Message in a Bottle), Adriana Fonseca (The Truce), Ninel Conde (TV's Come en el Cine), Luis Felipe Tovar (Lucia, Lucia)
Director: Rene Bueno
LIONS GATE
Twenty-one-year-old Carlos (Ochmann) has accidentally impregnated his girlfriend (Fonseca). Now the two must get married and he must get a job--but both aren't quite ready to be grown-ups. The misleading title of this Mexican comedy might draw in a crowd that thinks it's a gay-themed comedy or the latest offering from Spain's Pedro Almodóvar. It is neither. Rather, the title refers to an office joke that Carlos keeps hearing: Every man in his life is entitled to seven women and one homosexual, just in case. Why Carlos' officemates keep repeating this to him is a mystery, as is the reason why a very sexy woman (Conde) in the office makes it her business to hit on him repeatedly and get him to cheat on his wife. At its heart, 7 Mujeres is a movie about family and making the right choices in life--not quite as sexy as the title would have viewers believe. The film does offer a happy ending though, and the two main leads (Ochmann and Fonseca) are so adorable that it's eminently watchable.