El carro

Boasts a lovable ensemble cast, with a standout performance by Zaira Valenzuela as 14-year-old Paola.

Luis Orjuela's sweet, slight comedy is about a middle-class Colombian family and the huge, cherry-red Chevrolet Bel-Air convertible that conveys them through several years worth of life's little dramas.

Winning, consistently funny comedy, with lively script by veteran Colombian producer/scribe Dago Garcia ("Maximum Penalty"), The Car is driven by unusually sharp helming from newcomer Luis Orjuela, and a dynamite ensemble cast.

A huge hit at home, El Carro here plays for mild laughs and gentle pathos, though it arrives a little lost in translation.

Part fluff, part social farce, and all foregone conclusion.

Thoroughly obnoxious and relentlessly unfunny comedy.