Cinthia Vega Esparza

This is one of those films that unluckily but perhaps deservingly earns the "guilty pleasure" treatment. What is exactly the guilt I get from liking it? Well, one can say that visually and conceptually the film is lacking sophistication. Something we are all so proud to brag about when we say we like something. But is that what cinema is? Have we reduced it to an identity marker to others? Cinema works its best when presented as an uncharted territory, populated with familiar feelings, dreams, or fears. In that sense, 'Bliss' worked for me as it made me terrified that I might share more than I want to with the main characters. Those dreamers with fragile minds that sweep away into a colourful, better world ahead. Did I cringe at some dialogue? Yes. Did it move me once I stopped resisting and really saw what was there to be found? YES. We don't always need a perfect movie, sometimes we just need a piece of fiction that makes you wonder: what's wrong with some more dreaming?