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La Gran Vida (Living It Up: La Gran Vida)
Genre: Comedy

Reviewed In Issue 55 (Dec 2001) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Salma Hayek, Carmelo G

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 3.5
DD Sound Rating: 4
DTS Sound Rating: NA
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Critics' Composite Score: 2.5
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Special Features
Includes a making-of featurette, a Salma Hayek filmography and trailers.


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
(Catalog Number): 06446
(MPAA Rating): R
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(Retail Price): $24.95
(DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
(Running Time In Minutes): 113
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 2000
(Theatrical Release): Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release): No
(DVD Release Date): 09/18/01
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Antonio Cuadri
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Sexy Lola (Hayek) is a waitress down on her luck until she meets handsome and charming Martin (Gomez), who happens to be a big-spending millionaire

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD can look quite good, with sharp and nicely detailed images. Colors are rich and well balanced, with accurate fleshtones, and deep blacks. The picture can have a dark character, with limited visual information in the darker scenes. Still, contrast is nicely rendered overall. Edge enhancement poses the greatest threat to image quality, and there is some pixelization as well. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The DVD features Spanish and dubbed English 5.1 Dolby