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A melancholy wallow leavened by gallows humor and a wry spirit, Fernando Lon de Aranoa's Mondays in the Sun takes as its theme the emasculating effects of joblessness in the age of globalization. A group of middle-aged friends spend their listless days lounging in a bar in a Spanish port town, struggling with unemployment after the local shipping magnate leaves for cheaper shores. Recalling similarly themed movies such as The Full Monty and Time Out, Mondays in the Sun is less hopeful than the former and less haunting than the latter, but Lon's movie packs its own considerable punch. The occasional pandering touch aside, Lon manages to avoid bathos, sprinkling his movie with welcome bits of drollery. One night sees the men watching a soccer match from the roof of the stadium, their view of the goal hilariously obstructed; another night has them emptying the liquor cabinet of the family for which they're supposed to be baby-sitting. Holding it all together is the imposing presence of the brilliant Javier Bardem. Playing Santa, a grouchy, hard-bitten soul, Bardem embodies the gruff camaraderie that buoys the men's spirits and stands defiant against the global economy's heartless workings. The movie enshrines its subtext in a memorable joke shared by one of the men: "Everything we were told about communism proved to be a lie. Unfortunately, everything we were told about capitalism proved to be true." A plangent plea for solidarity, not to mention a screed against capitalism and its excesses, Mondays in the Sun is an assured and moving work from one of Spain's most promising filmmakers. ~ Elbert Ventura, All Movie Guide
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A melancholy wallow leavened by gallows humor and a wry spirit, Fernando Lon de Aranoa's Mondays in the Sun takes as its theme the emasculating effects of joblessness in the age of globalization. A group of middle-aged friends spend their listless days lounging in a bar in a Spanish port town, struggling with unemployment after the local shipping magnate leaves for cheaper shores. Recalling similarly themed movies such as The Full Monty and Time Out, Mondays in the Sun is less hopeful than the former and less haunting than the latter, but Lon's movie packs its own considerable punch. The occasional pandering touch aside, Lon manages to avoid bathos, sprinkling his movie with welcome bits of drollery. One night sees the men watching a soccer match from the roof of the stadium, their view of the goal hilariously obstructed; another night has them emptying the liquor cabinet of the family for which they're supposed to be baby-sitting. Holding it all together is the imposing presence of the brilliant Javier Bardem. Playing Santa, a grouchy, hard-bitten soul, Bardem embodies the gruff camaraderie that buoys the men's spirits and stands defiant against the global economy's heartless workings. The movie enshrines its subtext in a memorable joke shared by one of the men: "Everything we were told about communism proved to be a lie. Unfortunately, everything we were told about capitalism proved to be true." A plangent plea for solidarity, not to mention a screed against capitalism and its excesses, Mondays in the Sun is an assured and moving work from one of Spain's most promising filmmakers. ~ Elbert Ventura, All Movie Guide
On the DVD
ccMaking-Of featurette
16x9 widescreen
English subtitled
5.1 Dolby Digital
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