
Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.
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| International Business TimesMonica Castillo[Edy Ganem] plays the parts so well, switching accents and physicality between a laidback young woman and the caricature of the high maintenance drama starlet, it was difficult to believe she was the same actress. |
| Village VoiceChuck WilsonGanem and her talented co-stars work hard, but Riedel's pacing is always a beat or two behind their mad energy, making for a film that's enormously appealing, but not quite addicting. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonGanem has sufficient verve and appeal to sustain interest in both of her characters, and the sporadic tweaking of telenovelas and the fans who love them is often quite clever. |
| CinemacyMorgan RojasLet me start off by saying that Ana Maria in Novela Land is silly, but intentionally so-and that self-awareness is part of its charm. |
| The DissolveNoel MurrayThe major failing of Ana Maria In Novela Land is its unevenness. The comedy is never all that funny, and some scenes fall noticeably flat, either because the cast isn’t strong enough, or because the production as a whole lacks polish. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWhile this effort directed and co-scripted by Georgina Garcia Riedel lacks true comic inspiration, it provides some genial laughs along the way. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonPerhaps fans of Mexican soap operas will best enjoy the broad humor in this uneven romantic comedy. |
| TheWrapInkoo KangThis switching-places comedy warmly and trenchantly sends up the telenovela genre’s swooning melodrama and oversexed-but-prudish contradictions. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreOver-the-top, but not far enough over the top to fully pay off. But Ganem makes the title character, and her soapy doppelganger, enough of a hoot to make it worth staying through the credits. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThe script, co-written by director Georgina Garcia Riedel and Jose Nestor Marquez, plays like a first draft that misses out on comic opportunities. |