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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

October 26, 2007 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

Starring :

Eduardo Verastegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Ali Landry, Angelica Aragon, Jaime Tirelli, Ramon Rodriguez, Lukas Behnken, Peter Bucossi, David Castro, Michael Chin, Sara Dawson

Critics Reviews :  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Reader's Reviews :  Be the 1st!

1.5 of 4

“..The choppy narrative makes the story unnecessarily confusing and largely uninteresting..”
by Glenn Whipp [LA Daily News]
2.5 of 4

“..it's a movie that's perhaps a tiny bit easier to dismiss than it is to truly embrace..”
by Warren Curry [Entertainment Insiders]
3 of 4

“..disarming indie romance set in a fairy-tale version of the Big Apple..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
Review rate : D+

“..As films go, "Bella" is bunk..”
by Tom Long [Detroit News]
“..a tearjerker that earns its sobs with heartfelt emotions..”
by Ruthe Stein [San Francisco Chronicle]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by John Anderson [Newsday]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Stephen Holden [NY Times]

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