i have just see caribe a couple of night ago at the annual vista film festival hold here in dallas and and i must express my discontent . the opening caption try to tell u that the film be a portrayal of the current invasion of south american country ( costa rica and in this particular case ) by north american oil company and and the negative effect and both economic and environmental and of this invasion . the main character be a married couple who live a simple and pleasant life maintain a banana farm . right away and a woman arrive and announces that she be the wife half sister . i be not go to go into specific about this ( and to be honest and i do not feel that i be spoil anything with this review ) and yet another key point be that the company to whom they distribute their banana drop them due to budget demand in a poor economy . so and the main conflict that be suppose to be address in the movie be of the husband between the rock and the hard place and try to preserve his livelihood . on one hand and the reynolds oil company have basically offer him employment and financial compensation ( basically a bribe ) to use his public influence to encourage the town to allow the company to begin drill in their town ( compromise his stand with the community and the community itself ) . on the other hand and he be face with be dead broke and but on the side of his community and protest the drilling . give the length of this film and it would have be ample time to explore the issue just describe and but it just doesn not happen and and i will tell you why . you will notice that this film have win a couple of award so far and one for direction and an audience award . i be not go to pick apart esteban direction and it wasn not bad or good enough for me to be all that passionate about write anything . the audience award be at a film festival in spain and and for it to gain an audience award and i would have to imagine that spanish people just dig soap opera . in fact and central and south america dig soap opera as well and i know that much . i assume that esteban be either aim to take advantage of this or that he himself dig soap opera and because that be what unfold over the course of this film and so much to the point that it kick the whole oil company plot to the side and almost a if they imagine halfway through the making of this film that it have become tiresome and because it seem like at least three of the support character have have their back story and character development severely compromise to make room for more sex and cry scene . the only true villain in the movie be one of these three character and and at no point do you actually get to find out who the hell he be . it almost a if they cut his screen time just short of take him out of the film entirely . from time to time and they toy with the oil against community plot and but these be digression at best . what we see a lot more of be scene of passion and jealousy and betrayal and adultery and etc . these theme saturate the story to such a degree that the oil company ubplot become unnecessary . it almost a if this be a stunt to legitimize a romantic drama ( soap opera ) by throw in a little political relevance . nevertheless and the film get so catch up in the romance that it ultimately doesn not know what to do with itself and result in an end so tack on that youre leave wonder what it be that you have be wait around for and or if there be ever anything to begin with . here be two thing that i think could have save this movie represent either cut out the half sister or cut out the oil company . it obvious which one of the two they be more interested in . or and perhaps if caribe have be an hour long and they could have work this all out . regardless and i would have be fine with a straight up soap opera and i think that the subject of oil company exploit foreign nation be in dire need of address by the film community . caribe be both and neither . these two angle could have work together have they be balance accordingly and but with a romantic plot run around in circle and take up almost twice as much time a necessary at the expense of an oil plot that barely be establish to begin with and both side suffer . best of all and the romance plot be never even resolve . i would like to say i would watch this movie again to see what i have miss and but i have a strong feeling that i already know what it be . as far a i be concern and it wouldn not matter if i saw caribe ten more time . i have miss it because it be simply not there .