SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Beautiful, moving film.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

The first reaction I got discovering the title was to think that it should be spiritual otherwise it would have been stupid to put "God" in there.So, when I watched the making-off, I was delighted to see that it was spiritually loaded as it deals with a good-evil fight about a soul. I thought that the story was pretty original, all the more that it's rather unusual in a European production. The writer-director was inspired, had great ideas for depicting hell and heaven and achieved to reunite a interesting cast.Motivated to watch the movie, I fall down quickly. The directing is slow, slug and nothing really happens. It takes nearly twenty minutes to get to the point of meeting the chosen one with his two angels. The spiritual incentives are rather weak as April isn't really good incarnated and Pénélope isn't very devil either. The Rocky syndrome (don't box again otherwise you die) is very peripheral and we are throw in a union fight rather! At least, I waited for the fantastic preview I saw in the making-of when Penélope lip-synches a Spanish song enthusiastically while dressing to get out. Well, the movie chose another take and it lost all the punch and sensuality that Penélope gave in the making-off.I wouldn't say that the road to Hell is paved with all those good intentions but it's definitely not as successful that I expected and it's one of the few movies I know where the making-off is actually better than the movie itself!

I absolutely loved this film, it was really good, with very good humor and great acting. What I hated to see what some other viewer's comment saying how good it is to see Penelope in some other role than just your average sexy woman with no actual personality.. that's pure nonsense. Penelope has always been a good actress - outside Hollywood. Before making that stupid move, she has been in a great many films with extremely good roles. It took Hollywood to come in to make her "just an attractive woman" in all the movies. Take for example movies from Almodovar... there isn't a single one movie where she is just a pretty face. This movie is from before Hollywood - hence the actual acting.

I rented this film because of the cast and worried that the subject matter would bore me but far from it. It was treated in an innovative and quirky way which kept me interested and laughing, at times out loud, and glued to the screen to see what would come next. All of the actors were great but I especially loved Penelope Cruz in this film. I have found her to be competent in other films but never really got how good an actor she could be until seeing this film. Fanny Ardant was a great choice for her role, as was Bernal. It was great seeing Gemma Jones in something worthy of her once again, albeit a relatively small part. Really enjoyed this film.

I had pretty high expectations for this film, mainly owing to the interesting cast. But seeing the movie.. man, have I ever been so disappointed!Sin noticias de Dios is a very pointless, pretentious showcase of previous achievements of popular cinema. There's everything from modern reading of Christian religion (Dogma did this much better and even that flick sucked) to lesbian love (Bound, anyone?), but still it is missing its own point of view and especially any coherence. I can very well imagine how this movie gets five stars in women's magazines and trendy periodicals.So, if goofy shallowness turns you on, this is your movie, but if you have any respect for yourself and movies with actual content, there are a whole better films to see.