# Ernesto's Manifesto **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978 "2020-05-01T14:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978/1 "2020-05-01T14:16:30Z")
Mrs. L.A. stopped watching _The Walking Dead_ after Carl died. I’ve been recording them, but can’t watch them. And she’s getting _very_ tired of all of the coronavirus commercials. So she chooses what we watch. The other night, it was [_Ernesto’s Manifesto_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8757908/). It’s a happy little romantic comedy that was just the ticket for escaping from the generally depressing things we’ve been seeing lately. Ernesto is a waiter in a Mexican restaurant. He’s a gentle, loving soul. Since people are shit, he loses his job, his home, and his girlfriend. Being a rom-com, he finds himself in ever-better situations. We got some good laughs. _Ernesto’s Manifesto_ reminded me of _Being There_, but not ‘heavy’ like the latter. People took advantage of Chance Gardner for their own ends. There weren’t such machinations with Ernesto. Still, like Chance, Ernesto was happy in himself. I found the acting, especially at the beginning, a bit uneven. Not bad, but typical of good low-budget productions I’ve seen. Many of the actors are known, so I put it down to the direction. Either the later scenes were better directed, or I just got used to it. Either way, it didn’t bother me as I was having so much fun watching the story. There’s a certain character who’s a giant douche. I was born and raised in Southern California, and I don’t remember encountering anyone like him. I know they exist, so maybe I was just fortunate. Or sheltered. Or something. His character was necessary for the story, but I never encountered a person acting like him in a public place _Ernesto’s Manifesto_ is a simple film. It’s sweet. Ernesto is sweet. We needed that. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978/2 "2020-05-01T15:15:05Z")
[Moderating] I have no idea how big a spoiler that was for _The Walking Dead_, but in any event, I’ve tagged it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978/3 "2020-05-01T15:45:27Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Moderating] > > I have no idea how big a spoiler that was for _The Walking Dead_, but in any event, I’ve tagged it. It was Season 8, which was two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978/4 "2020-05-01T16:51:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It was Season 8, which was two years ago. It’s the most recent season available here in Panama. I would have been pretty annoyed at that big a spoiler if I hadn’t already watched that season. I reported it because I had to stop reading the OP in case you had blown some other spoilers. (It’s actually worse to spoil an unrelated show since people will have no idea to avoid the thread from the title.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978/5 "2020-05-02T12:16:18Z")
It’s also visible in the mouseover for the thread in the forum list. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernestos-manifesto/852978/6 "2020-05-02T13:49:02Z")
Since this thread has been pretty well hijacked, with zero replies about the film, I’m going to ask that it be closed.