La hija de mi mejor amigo

Says "comedy, drama, romance" in the header, but I'm not sure it was really any of them. Wasn't funny enough at any point, the "romance" was semi-sordid and very awkward and led to the "drama" which was mostly contrived and uncomfortable. All that said, it wasn't horrible, whatever it was. It just didn't seem to know.

It's an unimaginable situation, so there really aren't many templates to work off. "Blame it on Rio" walks a similar path, and does it with far more laughs and absurdities... but it's borderline gross... at least in "The Oranges," the girl at the center of the crises is 24 and not 16... and the actress involved here CAN actually act. In both films, the whole midlife crisis situation is (of course) hopeless, ill-advised, and too destructive to even remotely work... at least "Rio" sees itself as a total farce, while this film takes itself too seriously.

So yeah, an unfocused and awkward drama, that seems to want to be more. That's about right. I'll round my 5.5 up to a 6 because it has a great cast... but if you miss this one, you needn't lose any sleep over it.