DVD review

Want a DVD with a good meaningful message? Then Bella is definitely worth considering. Bella is a fairly simple DVD with a deep message. The DVD starts of with a series of memories from the main character Alejandro, about a little girl in his past. Then it shifts to the time frame in which most of the DVD takes place. Which is the time when Alejandro is older and working in his brother’s, Manny’s, very fancy Mexican restaurant. It then advances through a series of events in which a coworker of Alejandro’s named Nina, gets a pregnancy test, finds out she’s pregnant, shows up to work late because of it, and gets fired. Alejandro has compassion on Nina and leaves work to help her, resulting in him also getting fired. The DVD then follows Alejandro and Nina around as they journey through the town and end up at his parent’s house, all the while discussing what Nina is going to do about her pregnancy. Once at his parent’s house Nina learns that a few years ago Alejandro ran over and killed a little girl, for which he has never forgiven himself. Nina also learns that Alejandro’s older brother and restaurant owner, Manny (mentioned before) was adopted into Alejandro’s family. By the end of the DVD Alejandro, his family and everything Nina has seen has convinced her to keep her child and give it up for adoption once it is born. This whole process also helps Nina and the viewer to better realize the sanctity of human life. In the end Alejandro adopts Nina’s child and the last scene is of a happy reunion between mother and beautiful little girl, Bella. The acting in Bella is very good and convincing. The actors displayed the emotions of the characters in a very realistic and strong way. The way the whole DVD worked together (actors, story line, ect.) to relay the message of the whole story worked out extremely well. The plot of the DVD was also very well laid out. It was also normally in a very sensible and clear order, and got the main message of the DVD across, though it did get a little confusing at times. Especially when it kept switching from memories of the past, to the present, to scenes of the future. But for the most part it was very good. The sets were fairly simple consisting of a collection of city scenes, a beach which was used again and again, Alejandro’s parents house and Manny’s restaurant. The DVD, though fairly basic overall, had an enjoyable plot, good actors, and simple sets. The main message was meant to impact people and did so exceptionally well. The whole story was very simple though, which made Bella a one time watch DVD for me.