“True lies, and truth lies.” These words from the song of Dmitry Malikov “If...”, as in no way fit the plot of the series “Maximo in my heart.” And this phrase says everything, because the most important feature of the telenovela - here everyone lies to each other. Every step. And then they suffer from it. And you don't even know who's lying anymore. And where is the truth and where is the lie. They lie for salvation, they lie for love, they lie to stay, they lie to leave. They lie to achieve a goal, to become better or worse (!) a little bit, to slow down time and understand their lives a little. And yet, the problem of the characters of all series is that they do not know how to forgive others' mistakes and their own. That's where all the villains come from. Initially, they seemed like normal people. This series is no exception.
The plot is composed according to one structure similar to all series. There is a protagonist and his lover, an obstacle that prevents them from being together in the person of a villain or villain. And there is a mystery or a few secrets that for a very long time heroes can not reveal. However, the creators of this film punctured in the early twenties of the series and almost all the secrets the viewer guessed himself, but the characters are not. And it always comes down to the same thing - lovers try to be together, villains invent new traps for them, and then something happens to them, too. Everything has to be answered. And as always, at the end of the passion heats up to madness.
The story is interesting. The wife of the protagonist Maximo Martinelli died at the hands of bandits, but her heart saves the life of another woman. But who this woman Maximo will not know soon. The plot is interesting only this unusual not boring topic for the series. But only this. Since all the actions of the characters, the development of events is initially predictable and there is practically no logic in them. Although, you know, in life, we also don't always do the right thing, we don't say everything at once, we hide it. Our fear is that we will be ridiculed, disbelieved, betrayed, punished. And we put it off for later, and then it's like a show, so life and the show have a lot in common. After all, part of the plot is still taken from life.
There are only 139 episodes in the series, unlike other, longer ones. For example, “Woman with the fragrance of coffee” – 239 episodes, or “Padre Koraje” – 189 episodes, so all the events in this telenovela develop quite quickly, without delaying, thereby not tiring and not annoying the viewer. Another feature: all events take place at the edge of the blade, that is, what is strictly forbidden to do almost happens, but it turns out that everything is not so serious. And everything in this film is a little out of it and everyone is always seeing something.
In the film, there are practically no intimate scenes "close-up", for example, lovers begin to kiss, continue in the bedroom /bed and ... wake up in the morning. The creators saved well. After all, for explicit scenes, actors often try to increase their fees. So everything, as they say, is “cheap and angry.”
There are also various situations and actions of the characters that go from film to film. For example, men (positive heroes) for some reason, at the most important moments, believe not their beloved women, but villains who try to denigrate their lovers. But if you really love, you don’t believe anyone or anything but your heart and forgive everything you can... in the name of love! Or are they the first to hear and believe what they say about their loved ones?
But this is far from a soap opera. There are many genres in the series - this is drama and melodrama, and detective, and thriller and sometimes it even looks like a comedy, where you laugh until you fall. A set of different genres does not let the viewer get bored. And at the end of each series, there is intrigue, so that viewers want to look further.
The actor who plays the main character saves the position of the telenovela, Gabriel Corrado. Known from such series as: "Man of the Sea", "Milady", and "Wild Moon". Beautiful and sexy, serious, responsible and noble, he at first did not fit into the "general landscape" of this series, where all the characters are too different: funny and crazy, submissive and achieving their own at any cost. Looks like the role was only written for him. But I only thought so for the first twenty episodes. And then, the hero of Gabriel Corrado, Maximo Martinelli began to commit the same absurd actions that defy any logic, as the rest of the characters of this series, however, as any other. But he plays his role perfectly. He is the only one who does not play, but lives in this role. As if all he has to do in a movie is not just his job, he likes it. He rejoices, loves, and suffers, so truthfully and realistically, as if this is not another role in the series, but his life. And you start worrying about him and sympathizing with him. Therefore, who is interested in Gabriel Corrado, he can watch this series, unlike the whole film, the actor will not disappoint you, believe me.
It also saves the situation successfully selected music. This is very important for any movie or series. If something is not filmed, then the music will hide these shortcomings and you will hardly notice them. Unparalleled music, mainly performed by Josh Groban (Josh Groban), Louis Fonsi (Luis Fonsi), band "Il Divo" makes up for the shortcomings of the production of telenovela. Listen to this music and see for yourself.
Therefore,
For the main role – 10+ points.
And for the written role for the main actor – 8 points.
For secondary roles - 5 points.
For music - 10+ points.
For the plot - 8 points.
Total for the film as a whole - 8 points.
8 out of 10