DVR recorded movie ratings #9

It's been a while and it could be the fact that I didn't really watch movies for quite some time. I was trying to catch up on shows I recorded and playing my new DSi that my hubby got me for my birthday a few weeks ago.

• Sexual Chronicles of a French Family: This movie has a lot of sex and nudity. Everyone in this movie comes out naked except for the principal and secretary. I mean the whole family is naked and having sex (not with each other of course). It has to do with some guy and his friends that dare each other to masturbate in class, record it, send it to some girl so she can judge. Except the boy got caught and suspended. The boy is 18 and a virgin and wonders what it's like to have sex. In the mean time, mom starts to questions whether or not she should talk to her 2 sons and her daughter about their sexual lives. She does, and they don't tell her much, but her father-in-law does dish out some info. It's quite a sad story, but I love it. The rest of the movie has to do with the boy trying to find his sexual side and how to go about it. Meantime, the brother ends up being gay (well bi) and the sis and her man are big ol' nymphos. In the end, I didn't really like the story. It didn't go anywhere. The boy was depressed this whole time because he hadn't had sex yet and when he does, he is smiling on a family portrait and the movie is over. I give this movie 2 Daisy- girls. 
• The Queen of Versailles: Hmmm, I had been wanting to see this movie/documentary when I first heard about it a while back. It was even on my IMDB movie watchlist. Then I saw that it was showing on Bravo and I recorded it. This movie/doc... call it what you want, is pretty interesting. It has to do with David Siegal and his wife and the 8 kids they have (oldest being 12). This family is loaded and set out to build the biggest single-family living mansion in the U.S. Was going to have about 10 kitchens, loads of bathrooms and even more loads of bedrooms, a ballroom, bowling alley... you name it. David owns the biggest timeshare company in the world, but when the economic crisis hit, it hit them big time. I like the family, well the parents. They both seem realistic and don't seem as if they are the king and queen of the world. They are realistic people that realized that they could not build their dream home and have to do with what they have, even shopping at Wal-Mart. It's not to say that mom gave away her fur coats and such, but they weren't trying to be snobby, or fake, or anything of that sort. It was actually sad in a way because David was trying so hard to keep his company going and not wanting to let go of his employees. the economic crisis hit everyone. I recommend seeing this film, I give it 5 Daisy-girls. It was a pretty interesting film.  
• Under the Same Moon: This movie is Mexican with English subtitles. Or American. Anyway, it doesn't really matter if it's Mexican or American, the thing is, it's pretty good to watch. It has to do with a Mexican lady who works for rich families over in Los Angeles. Her son is living with her mom in Mexico. Every Sunday she calls him from a pay phone and she tells him that she wishes she could be with him. I'm quite sure the kid is tired of hearing this BS from mom seeing as she hasn't seen him in about 6 years or so. Anyway, grandma dies, and seeing as he doesn't have a dad, he sets off to cross the border (illegally!) thanks to this young Hispanic couple (who don't speak Spanish!) who are willing to cross him over for some money (so the guy can continue on with his college courses). Everything is going fine after the border patrol checks them out, then they realize that the van they are in has expired tags and a lot of parking tickets. So there goes the van being towed away with the kid hiding under the back seat. A day or so later mom is still working with the richy families and the security guards (also Hispanic) has a thing for her and asks her out but she declines. Some lady from back in Mexico calls the mom to let her know that the kid is missing and that her mom died (this was about 4 days after). Now.... how the fuck are you not going to call someone to let them know your mom passed away?! Anyway, later on the kid tries to get help to go to L.A. and he meets up with some guy who tries to sell him off but some lady takes him. He ends up going to a house where there are illegal men there staying overnight. While working the immigration shows up and all the men scatter. He ends up tagging along with some man that couldn't care less about this boy, but he continues to tag along. they end up in Arizona and the kid says his dad lives there. He ends up seeing dad for the first time in years and the kids story touches the distant father that he promises to take him to L.A. to be with mom, only he doesn't show up. The man that dislikes the kid ends up feeling sorry for him and decides to ride with him to L.A. Meanwhile mom is debating whether or not she should stay in L.A. in case the kid shows up, or go back to Mexico. They finally find each other when mom is at the pay phone she calls her son at every Sunday, and the kid happens to end up there after running away from the cops. End of sob story. It was pretty decent like I said before, I give it 4 Daisy-girls.