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14th Feb '13 8:31:55 AM erforce

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''Frida'' (2002) is a biographical film which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Is stars SalmaHayek as Kahlo (nominated for an AcademyAward) and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera.

The movie was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas and Edward Norton (uncredited) from the book ''Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo'' by Hayden Herrera. It was directed by Julie Taymor. It won Oscars for Best Makeup and Best Original Music Score (receipient: Elliot Goldenthal).
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!! This movie contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: A slight case. Kahlo wasn't ugly, but she certainly didn't look like SalmaHayek either. Yay! With a unibrow. Wha? And a thin but prominent ''mustache''. [[AlwaysMale Oh, God...]] You may hear many jokes about Alfred Molina being too handsome to portray Diego Rivera... half of those are being serious.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This could be one of Diego's main attractions. 
* BigOlUnibrow: Frida made a point of emphasizing her unibrow in all her self-portraits. This was mainly due to Kahlo's horrible self-esteem. In photographs, Kahlo's actually not bad looking, even with the unibrow. But in her self-portraits, Kahlo was notorious for putting emphasis on her uglier features, with her unibrow, mustache, and beauty mark getting special attention.
* BitheWay: Frida, Gracie (Saffron Burrows) and implied with Tina
* TheCameo: Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Geoffrey Rush, Ed Norton, etc. They are all [[OneSceneWonder one or two scene wonders]].
* DirtyCommunist: Heavily averted. The main characters are socialists, as are many of the supporting characters. They're decent people for the most part.
* FakeNationality: 
** Alfred Molina, a Londoner of Spanish and Italian lineage, plays Mexican Diego Rivera.
** Australian GeoffreyRush plays Ukranian LeonTrotsky. 
* HandicappedBadass: Frida, post-accident. 
* ImagineSpot: Many scenes are recreations of Frida's paintings.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The handrail that impaled Kalho in a trolly accident.
* KavorkaMan: Diego is a middle age fat man with a temper, yet he was an intense womanizer. This is apparently TruthInTelevision.
--> "You'd never believe it, but he's had half the women in this room."
* MayDecemberRomance: 
** Frida and Trotsky.
** Frida and Diego to a lesser extent.
* MononymousBiopicTitle: A first name variation.
* {{Naytheist}}: Inverted with Diego's line: "I don't believe in God but I thank him every day for giving me you."
* UglyGuyHotWife: Diego (despite his slight AdaptationalAttractiveness upgrade) and Frida. . .and the numerous other gorgeous women he's able to hook up with throughout the course of the movie.
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