A toe-curlingly cringy Cruel Intentions wannabe
My Fault is the latest soapy Spanish film on Amazon Prime and it’s a complete mish-mash of different ideas – in the worst way possible. There’s a little bit of the After series, sprinkled with the steaming scenes of 365 Days. There’s also influences of the Fast and the Furious series, alongside a healthy dose of Cruel Intentions 2. Yes, the sequel, not the first movie.
My Fault (also known as Culpa Mia in Spanish) is a bit of a mess but it’s a watchable mess all the same. This very often falls in the realm of absolute car crash but just like seeing a pile-up on the side of a highway, you feel bad for looking but can’t tear your eyes away from the horror.
This teen romance centers on Noah, a plucky 17 year old who has to leave her town behind and move in with her mother’s boyfriend, Will. He has his own company, a big villa and a hunky son called Nick, whom Noah “hates” until she doesn’t, as it’s immediately clear that there’s some serious sexual tension between the pair.
What ensues from here are a bunch of clichés strung together with toe-curlingly cringy dialogue. There are brief flickers of obstacles for the pair to overcome, including past trauma for Noah, an ex-boyfriend who comes back into the picture and a half-arsed attempt at a love triangle involving nice-guy Mario.
As the film reaches its third act, the picture whiplashes away from cheesy romance and tropes into all-out action thriller territory. While the earlier parts of the film portray a couple of street races, the incredulous way this charges into its final act is hilariously mismanaged. I’m not going to spoil the big climax here but good luck not laughing at the way the “villain” is dispatched by the end.
That’s right, on top of everything else Culpa Mia tries to juggle, there’s a mastermind sending threatening messages to Noah too. As a result, all these competing ideas push aside anything as deep as character development or a competent story.
Noah and Nick may have unresolved past trauma, but they still play into archetypal tropes that we’ve seen a number of times across different films in the past. To make matters worse, everyone else in this film are so forgettable and bland that you’ll wonder why you’re even watching.
But watch it you probably will! This absolutely falls on the side of being a guilty pleasure, as you’ll find yourself morbidly curious to find out what happens next in the story. If you do decide to take the plunge, be prepared to cringe and laugh your way through this one.
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Verdict - 3.5/10
3.5/10
I enjoyed Mia Culpa, Kelly Rowland is an amazing actress. There was a lot of suspense, if one was not quick enough to catch the clues and transitions don’t blame her. The viewer is left wanting more; the movie should have been a series. With the depth of the characters, you want to see more and find out where the story can go.
I was waiting the movie to be over. It was a cringe festival. The movie moved from one cringe to another. It’s packed all the cliches in the movie history. It’s a ‘special girl- bad guy trope’. Even the porn can’t save it from cringe. Movie is a curse to the audience, with tough girl to you-hot guy-please-save-me done wrong.
Disgusting!!! You don’t need to be blood related. They were family so they should not have any relationship. Nick kissed Noah then he has sex with another girl in a car. The father caught them in bed too. Disgusting. Topical of a Spanish movie. I have cousins that I’m not blood related to and I would never sleep with them. I’m Catholic .
It’s not steamy, it’s teen porn. And it’s not even a good one.
What did I just watch?
The overreacting teenagers, the racing, the gang life, the forbidden love, the love triangle, the murder-dad coming back and how he justifies his hate, and the constant fallback to the sex topic. Over and over and over. With closeups and everything. How is this not labeled as soft porn. I don’t know.
I loved this movie. Nick and Noah had such chemistry. They are not blood relatives so there is nothing wrong with them falling in love and being together. I
Hope they adopt Maggie since her mother (also Nick’s mother) will probably abandoned her the way she abandoned Nick. I can see marriage in their future together. Nick and Noah are very strong willed those parents are not gonna break them up they want to be broken up. Looking forward to part 2 and part 3.
Stop the hating there was nothing wrong with it I loved it. They have so much chemistry. They are not blood related so there is nothing wrong with it. I hope they make part 2. I recommend it. I could see them getting married having a baby maybe adopting his sister