Dante travels to Lagos de Moreno to see an old girlfriend who is about to marry. By chance he meets an Italian tourist named Domenica and they spend the night wandering through the city streets. Among memories of lost loves, Dante and Domenica eventually discover they are soul mates.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
Emily Henry’s adaptation reaches romance movie standards, but not romance reader standards.
Jennifer Lopez leads the story as Zoe, a determined woman who opts for artificial insemination after a string of failed relationships. Lopez's portrayal adds depth and warmth to Zoe
Gay representation is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy brute is a rare treat.
Elio could be seen as fantastic piece of representation, showing lonely children who feel ostracized that they are not alone. That is, unless you look behind the curtain.
A socially conscious film that draws attention to the plight of American military veterans.
