MOVIES THAT SUCK. “Gringa.” / “Twist.” / “The Last Days of American Crime.” / “New Rose Hotel.”
“ Gringa ” (2023, Sling) comedy-drama. A troubled teenage girl who runs away to Mexico to find her father. Gringa or Marge, an American teenager, also tried to return to the U.S. via the border gate but was not allowed to (re)enter America because she couldn't present a valid document. She sort of crossed to Mexico without a document, I think. LOL! So she joined other undocumented migrants to, you know, cross to Arizona or Southern California. But that's not the story, which would have been more interesting. This is about Marge (played by Jess Gabor) finding her dad quite easily and then they tried to bond. You know the drill. Dad is Steve Zahn, who despite his many attempts to do drama, still looked like a one-dimensional comedian. And Ms Gabor? She seems to project only two emotions in her face. Believe it or not, there are two directors in this mov...