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Missed Potential!
Km.0 started off started off very well. Fourteen people all agree to meet at Km.0, the center of Madrid, for various reasons. Unfortunately, a series of mix-ups ensue and their lives intersect in one way or another. It seemed like a promising and original romantic comedy, and for the most part, it was. Unfortunately, in the end, it took a downhill detour and headed for the worst. My friends and I were thouroughly enjoying this movie, a fun, light, and fluffy comedy that was funny and charming. However, with only 20 minutes left, it seemed the writer was just trying to finish off the film without any thought or originality put into it like the rest of the picture. The very rushed, very cheesy, and horribly coincidental ending destroyed what I would have otherwise considered one of the best films of the year. Being a screenwriter myself, I understood what was trying to be done, I just didn't feel it worked for this particular picture and there were plenty of missed opportunitites for the ending. Nonetheless, the film was still very enjoyable, but the ending disappointed us all, and made us laugh because of how bad it was. It's worth a rent though for lovers of foreign or independent cinema.

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One hot day ¿ fourteen people ¿ countless possibilities!
Kilometer Zero (Km.0) is a wonderful Spanish import about how missed connections and fate can alter your life path. Fourteen people are drawn to the title spot at the center of Madrid for various assignations on one of the hottest day of the year. A young film director arrives in town, looking to share an apartment with an actress friend of his sister. The actress, intent on kickstarting her career, spots a famous producer and hatches a plan to get his attention. A down-on-her-luck hooker arranges to meet an inexperienced groom-to-be to conduct some business. A dancer uses the internet to connect with a sex partner. A middle-aged businessman's neglected wife fills her hours of boredom by hiring a gigolo. The gigolo's roommate, a gay man, longs for a lover rather than just another sexual partner. In the heat, patience evaporates and fate intervenes, leading to numerous missed connections and mistaken identities. Several locals become drawn into the mix as well, including a local bartender who dreams of owning his own business; the bartender's shallow, robbery-prone fiancée and her younger sister; a police officer with impulse control issues; and a mysterious stranger who seems rather bemused by the whole scenario.

The film is extremely European in tone, and very unlike similar-themed American and British comedies. Sexuality is celebrated in all forms, including physical relations between older women and younger men, friendly intimacy and flirting between straight men and gay men, and the goal of helping a prostitute to earn what she's worth, rather than rescuing her from the profession. Sex scenes are fun and erotic without becoming overly graphic, human frailties are addressed without judgment, and taboo topics of concern are touched upon as plot points before being clarified as misunderstandings. The cast is uniformly attractive and up to the challenge, the script does an excellent job of interweaving the various characters and storylines, and the direction and production values are first rate. If you enjoy films that are politically incorrect, brazen, and very, very sexy, you'll have a great time meeting up with the crowd at Kilometer Zero.

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Irregular
Contrary to some reviews I think the movie doesn't try to be realistic at all. If that were true I'd say it fails miserably (this script has some 'major coincidence' scenes like you wouldn't believe). I think instead it goes for a 'magic realism' tone, and mostly succeeds. What bugged me after watching the film is how marvelous people all the characters were. I mean, they're all of the 'heart of gold' kind. They just worry a bit about some trouble they have and bingo, the next person they meet has the solution. It's a bit too much. But enjoyable anyway.
The dvd has an acceptable anamorphic widescreen transfer and the subtitles are optional.