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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I have watched the 5 nominated movies for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and this movie Really was THE WORST of them and one of the worst movies I have ever watched, I wonder surprisingly why it won Oscar

Marina Vidal (Daniela Vega) is a transgender woman and aspiring singer in her twenties and living in Santiago, Chile. After the death of her lover, a man in his fifties with an ex-wife and an adult son, Marina is left alone in dealing with her grief and the aftermath of the death.In addition to the burden of grief, Marina must also deal with humiliating and prejudicial situations around her transgender status. She subtly shows an attitude of "I hate having to go through this again but I can." Interestingly, her transgender status is used to her advantage in a later scene in the film.Vega is in nearly every scene of the film and must carry it on her shoulders. She does the job superbly. She ably conveys awkwardness and vulnerability as her character attempts to maintain what is rightfully hers while being aware that many battles may not be won.Much of the film follows Marina as she journeys through the city's urban atmosphere to numb her pain. The last quarter of the film takes a different twist that is less interesting than what precedes it. But "A Fantastic Woman" is a good film overall mainly due to the subtle skills of its lead performer.

If you feel uncomfortable or just out of it with the transgender topic, make sure to see the remarkable 2018 Oscar winner for best foreign language film, A Fantastic Woman, to be au currant and edified about a love story than transcends transgender. If you've come to expect a measured study of character and social norms from foreign films, then see this Chilean Oscar winner.Marina (Daniela Vega) is a waitress and moonlighting singer in love with an older man, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), who dies suddenly. While everyone knows or immediately guesses that she used to be a he, the rejection she experiences, from police who want to treat her like a criminal to his family, who can't understand his eccentric love ("I don't know what you are," says Bruno, played by Nicolás Saavedra), we become quickly aware about the unique and authentic love that will be tested long after Orlando's death.You may feel comfortable sensing the presence of Hitchcock and his Vertigo (writer director Sebastian Lelio must respect that director, and Pedro Almodovar, whose love of women in his films is legendary). Whatever, A Fantastic Woman has the trappings of world cinema that explores identity and society in unusual ways.Vega is a transgender and singer in real life whose performance is among the best of 2017. She is responsible for your feeling comfortable about transgender and for seeing this as a strong statement about people who are different in society, people who violate the marriage vows for love, and the need for understanding and sympathy for those about whom we know so little. Although Marina's treatment by Orlando's family occupies the central conflict, the soundtrack with multiple classical pieces elevates the crassness to operatic stature; the aria from Giacomelli's Sposa son speaks clearly of the abused wife in possibly the most blatant statement of support for Marina. Otherwise, the film lets you draw your own conclusion.A Fantastic Woman lets you gently into transgender challenges without ever preaching to you. It is about love, fantastic or otherwise, at home in a great film.

"A Fantastic Woman" (2017 release from Chile; 106 min.) brings the story of Marina, a transgender woman living in Santiago. As the movie opens, we get to know Marina and her partner Orlando. They are celebrating Marina's birthday and we later learn that Marina has just moved in with Orlando. Later that night, Orlando wakes up not feeling well. In the rush to get to the hospital, Orlando also falls down the stairs. Not long after arriving at the hospital, Orlando dies from an aneurysm. At this point we're less than 15 min. into the movie, but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you';; just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.Couple of comments: the is the latest movie from Chilean writer-director Sebastian Lelio, whose previous film, 2013's "Gloria" was an equally outstanding film. Here he examines the fallout of the unexpected passing of a guy who is in a relationship with a transgender woman, in particular the reactions from the guy's family, but also the hospital and the police who are looking at this as a possible suspect death. Beware: there are a number of scenes that are bound to unsettle you (I know they were unsettling to me). Of course, Lelio is trying to make a bigger point here (namely, everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity). Not enough praise can be given to Daniela Vega (in the role of Marina), appearing in virtual every frame of the movie. Last weekend, "A Fantastic Woman" won the Best Foreign Language Movie Oscar. Is it really 2017's best foreign movie? Certainly Sweden's "The Square" could've made a good argument but in the end it doesn't matter. When watching a movie like this, it's at times hard to separate the intrinsic artistic merit of the movie and the social issues it portrays. All I can say is that this movie had my attention from the get-go, and that it all flashed by in no time, always a good sign."A Fantastic Woman" opened this weekend at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati. The early Saturday evening screening where I saw this at was attended sparingly (about 10-12 people), somewhat to my surprise, given the critical buzz this movie has garnered sine it premiered at last Fall's Toronto International Film Festival. If you are in the mood for a top-notch quality foreign film, or interested to see how a transgender woman's life unfolds after the unexpected death of her partner, I encourage you to see out "A Fantastic Woman", be it in the theater, on VOD, or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray. "A Fantastic Woman" is a WINNER.