Girl Seeks Girl (Chica Busca Chica) has been billed as Spain‘s “L Word.” The women are young and beautiful; they live a wild and exciting life; and they fit the common lesbian stereotypes: “the cheater” ― Nines, “the crazy one” ― Monica, “the newbie” ― Ana, and the “straight girl that dykes fall for” ― Carmen.
The scenes take place at the local lesbian bar, where Nines is a flirtatious bartender with tricks (or should I say stray eye-lashes) up her sleeve, and at Monica‘s apartment, where Carmen is moving out and innocent Ana is moving in. Drama ensues when Nines sleeps with Monica, despite being spellbound by Carmen.
This film‘s format is similar to a series of soap opera episodes, and its producers seem to be trying to ride Ilene Chaiken‘s coattails by marketing this as a comparison to The L Word.
Have you ever wanted to like a movie but just couldn’t get behind it? This reviewer loves movies with subtitles, but despite the beautiful actors, the storyline is a bit too simple and there is not enough character development. Perhaps this reviewer is showing her age when beauty and anything lesbian is no longer the only thing she seeks in watching great lesbian films.
This film is recommended for libraries that have a large video collection for entertainment and would like to include light GLBT videos.
Girl Seeks Girl (Chica Busca Chica) is available for purchase from Wolfe Video, but can also be viewed online at Veoh.com.
Reviewed by, Lisa Forslund