Mexico

• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1994)

  [6/10]

  "Esquivel uses cooking as an extended metaphor throughout her story. The recipes and their preparation fit in with the story and have some obvious (and many more understated) meanings."

• Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The directed by Tommy Lee Jones (2005)

  [4/10]

  "Three Burials tries to make big symbolic and political statements but just fails to have the power to follow through with these intentions."

  Average score: 5.00