Jaula (2022)

Jaula (2022). Jaula: Directed by Ignacio Tatay. With Elena Anaya, Pablo Molinero, Eva Tennear, Eva Llorach. A couple temporarily adopts a young girl that they found wandering around alone in the high road.

“A stranded, wandering kid is taken in by total strangers at the prompting of a hospital official-theyu0026#39;re Not Fostering, though… ? And somehow u0026quot;We Donu0026#39;t Have Timeu0026quot; (to treat or counsel her-itu0026#39;s so hard) makes it sensible or reasonable, since no one knows her name, or family, nor are there any missing girls she matches, etc. Seriously?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAre these random strangers some kind of family counselors?, experts in child psychology?, known to the hospital as prior fosters?, private investigators?, journalists? Nope, none of that. Theyu0026#39;re nobodies that it isnu0026#39;t demonstrated have made any type of quick, deep connection with the kid. Theyu0026#39;ve only shown their concern towards her in non-verbal ways, and then itu0026#39;s like, fill out the paperwork, u0026#39;Sheu0026#39;s Doing Well Because Of You, So You Must Take Her.u0026#39; How bizarre and irresponsible?!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt includes some extended scenes of female abuse and violence fetishism, which is super-disturbing, and there wasnu0026#39;t a strong enough warning about that in the streaming service description. The whole production is peppered with inexplicably nasty attitudes towards women and girls.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSinister music at inappropriate times. Bad acting, directing, editing, etc., all around. The dubbing also went off the rails at times, like having a child who was both an abuse victim and was abusive say, u0026quot;You look great!u0026quot; to an adult, when the young actress actually only said, u0026quot;You, too.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen it gets only 12 mins in and theyu0026#39;re showing someone getting pressured and whined at while theyu0026#39;re in the bathroom, just for pointless tension and drama, you know itu0026#39;s L. A. M. E. Big house, but hereu0026#39;s hubby, scratching at door like a dog with separation anxiety.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, wouldnu0026#39;t you know, halfway through this takes a turn into showing us a really awful couple with horrific trust issues and emotionally abusive arguing for waaay too long to be tolerable. Ugh, thatu0026#39;s not storytelling.”