Starring Salma Hayek  Eugenio Derbez and Rob Lowe, How To Be Latin Lover is a movie I watched because I adore Salma Hayek, I was curious about Eugenio Derbez and the trailer amused me.

How To Be A Latin Lover centres around Derbez’s character – Maximo, a man who’s forged a career out of seducing rich older women. Unfortunately for him, his 25-year marriage just ended, and with nowhere else to go, he finds himself living with his estranged sister.

Quite early in the movie, I realised precisely how the story was going to go. A lot of what I realised could have been guessed during the trailer; only, I was far too busy being amused. I stayed with the movie until the end because of the reasons I already mentioned, but, additionally, I happened to be in the mood for a film that didn’t require too much from me.

The often silly humour was OK. Though, the ending did seem to come about quite abruptly – and in a way I wasn’t fully expecting. Overall, I can say I regret nothing because I knew what I’d signed up for. My love of Hayek remains, and Derbez? He’s OK.

I can’t say that I picture myself telling people, ‘you simply must see this,’ but I do see myself at some point in the future, possibly referencing the scene in the trailer with the shoe dye and the pool. 

Happy Film Loving,

G