Frida - 5 stars out of 10

Frida - 5 stars out of 10

"Frida" is an interesting biopic of the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.  In the world of Hispanic actresses, Salma Hayek will always be second to Penelope Cruz.  However... she is still second.  Her acting is superb in this role that earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress.  The physical pain on her face as well as the emotional pain in her voice give the film a constant energy.  All of the acting is superb throughout the film, noticeably in Alfred Molina as he portrays her womanizing husband, and subtly through Geoffrey Rush whom I did not even recognize until the closing credits informed me that he was in the film.  There is a lot of graphic sex throughout the film and I don't feel that it was necessary to move the plot along.  The cultural soundtrack is very nice in all of its Latin glory, though I am sad that it defeated John Williams' free jazz soundtrack to "Catch Me If You Can" for an Oscar.  Also, I do not understand why it won for best make-up, since the only noticeable make-up was Hayek's unibrow but at least this gained some attention for the film.  This film is a one-time-watch for me but still, it's an incredibly well done one-time-watch.