BY LOIS WADSWORTH
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RAISING
VICTOR VARGAS
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10:45, 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55
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SOON: WINGED MIGRATION
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LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDI- THE HULK (PG-13)
NARY GENTLEMEN*
12:30, 6:50
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LEGALLY BLONDE 2
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ANGER MANAGEMENT
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*PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – PG-13 12:00 3:00 6:00
9:00
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4:00 6:40 9:20
*LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN – PG-13
1:15 3:45 6:20 8:45
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LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE TWO TOWERS (PG-
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SUMMER MOVIE
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Learning to trust.
RAISING VICTOR VARGAS: Written and di-
rected by Peter Sollett, based on a story by Sollett and Eva
Vives. Produced by Alain de la Mata, Robin O’Hara, Scott
Macaulay, Peter Sollett. Executive producer, Vincent
Maraval. Cinematographer, Tim Orr. Editor, Myron Kerstein.
Music, Roy Nathanson, Bill Ware; additional songs, Coati
Mundi. Production design, Judy Becker. Sound design,
Steve Borne. Starring Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie
Diaz, Altagracia Guzman, Silvestre Rasuk, Krystal
Rodgrigues, Kevin Rivera, Wilfree Vasques, Donna
Maldonado, Alexander Garcia, John Ramos. Sam Goldwyn
Films. Fireworks Pictures, 2002. R. 88 minutes.
12:20, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15
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*TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES – R 1:20
4:00 6:40 9:25
FINDING NEMO – G 1:00 3:40 6:10 8:30 (NO 8:30 SHOW
FRI, 7/18)
Melonie (Melonie Diaz)
and Harold (Kevin Rivera)
at play.
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outhful innocence is rare in a cul-
ture such as ours where the sexual-
ization of young men and young
women begins with the exploitation of 14-
year-olds or younger for commercial pur-
poses. Greater exposure of young flesh
through mass media (and the rise of hardcore
porn on cable television and Internet sites)
further accelerates the decline of childhood.
No longer a time of innocence, childhood is
now a brief period where home, school and
religion represent values largely absent from
popular culture’s influence. Certainly that’s
true for the family central to Peter Sollett’s
delicious indie film, Raising Victor Vargas.
Sixteen-year-old Victor (Victor Rasuk) and
his slightly younger siblings, Vicki (Krystal
Rodriguez) and Nino (Silvestre Rasuk), live
in New York City’s East Village with their
clear-minded
Grandma
(Altagracia
Guzman). Grandma has raised the kids right,
but now she doesn’t understand them, espe-
cially Victor, who fancies himself a man of
the world. Grandma remembers a little from
her rural life in the Dominican Republic, and
she is determined to keep her kids from be-
coming criminals. But their burgeoning sexu-
ality is beyond her.
When the film opens, shirtless Victor’s
performing a little lip-licking ritual while tak-
ing off his clothes to entice his upstairs neigh-
bor, Donna (Donna Maldonado), a quite will-
ing partner. But Victor doesn’t get to first
base before his pal, Harold (Kevin Rivera),
interrupts, calling for him from the street.
Exposed both by his pal and his sister, Vicki,
Victor now has to live down the neighbor-
hood gossip that he is “Fat Donna’s
man.”
Victor doesn’t really mind the gossip, ex-
cept that it hurts his chances with the girl of
his dreams, Judy (Judy Marte), a supercool
beauty. Victor and Harold go to cool off at the
community swimming pool. There they see
Judy and her best friend, Melonie (Melonie
Diaz), a plain girl with voluptuous lips.
Victor and Harold chat up the girls, but
talking is a complicated matter neither has
mastered. The girls aren’t interested in ‘tude.
They see right through the boys’ studly chat-
ter. Judy already gets too many sexual mes-
sages from guys hanging on the corner or
around her building to be impressed by
Victor’s bumbling efforts. While Melonie
doesn’t get that kind of attention, she turns out
to be a more independent teen than she first
appears. This indie jewel from 2002 accom-
plishes what many a big-budget blockbuster
claims to do but actually botches. It presents a
reasonably realistic picture of boys and girls
coming into their sexuality. These adolescents
learn to be sensitive to one another — even
with their own siblings — and they grow more
real. At this age, everything can be misunder-
stood, and some vital messages do get scram-
bled, but decency and tenderness win out over
artificial attitudes and studied postures.
Natural performances from these un-
spoiled non-professional actors make the
film memorable, while Altagracia Guzman
creates a convincing portrait of a woman
struggling for understanding the new way of
the world. Showing the uncertainty all young
men face about their sexuality has been
shown before, but it bears repeating here.
Victor Rasuk and Kevin Rivera ably repre-
sent older teens, while Silvestre Rasuk and
Wilfree Vasquez (Judy’s younger brother,
Carlos, who’s interested in Victor’s sister,
Vickie) tie down the truly terrible time inar-
ticulate younger males face.
Melonie Diaz is a wonder, and Judy Marte
brings nuanced depth to her feelings. They il-
luminate what today’s oversexualized expec-
tations do to young women. Their brief talk
about whom you can trust should be seen by
all teens. How stupid that this humanizing,
delicate treatment of sexual awareness
should earn an R rating, when slasher teen
flicks with zero social value don’t.
Raising Victor Vargas deserves your at-
tention. It gets my highest recommendations.
Opens Friday at the Bijou.
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