I'm sure it's been asked before, but why in English?

I know, it was incredibly annoying! I suppose the obvious answer would be linked to wanting to make the film appeal to a wider audience... But it still felt highly unnecessary.

It did take me a while to get over it too, but luckily the film itself is so brilliant that it's well worth watching despite the language. Hopefully you'll give it another shot, purely because of the brilliance of Hayek and the artistic beauty of the film.

-Cheerleaders are dancers who have gone retarded-

I won't lie, this bothered me as well. Same thing happened when I was watching The Reader; couldn't get past the fact that EVERYONE spoke English in Germany. You kind of have to ignore it for the film's sake, though. Frida is a beautiful film nonetheless, English or Spanish. I personally would have PREFERRED it been filmed/written in Spanish (I speak it decently, and subtitles are always available), but I love it nonetheless. It does make something feel uneven, though.

¡Buena suerte!

I agree it should have been in spanish. Would have been so much better.

To me, the problem is not that the movie is in English, but that it is INCONSISTENTLY in English:

1. People speak with the Spanish accent
2. Inscriptions (for example the graffiti on the walls) are in Spanish.

They should've done it in English all the way - then the issue of the language wouldn't be so obvious. The viewer would accept English-for-Spanish as a rule of the game and that would be it. But instead the filmmakers created a confusion.

It was an American production for many American markets. It's tragic but it makes sense.

When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive

Considering the cast, the history, the characters, the filming places, and ALMOST EVERYTHING, it was really a STUPID decision to make it in english.

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