The "A Través De Mi Ventana" trilogy comes to an end with this film that is better than the second installment, but makes almost the same mistakes as the previous film. This movie is also an original story that is not related to the last book in the trilogy and presents many situations without much development. It has a couple of ideas that make the film more interesting, but they haven't been explored in depth or fully explained.
It all starts with Raquel, having launched her novel inspired by what she experienced in the first film. That is a clear representation towards Ariana Godoy when she wrote the original novel, since she herself admitted that she was based on a real experience that she had with a neighbor, but she never got to have with him what happened with Raquel and Ares . This quite corroborates the hypothesis that Wattpad novels are an explicit reflection of the authors' fantasies and dreams and they live them through an alter ego who is the protagonist of the story. Normally, many of us tend to express our dreams, desires and fantasies through writing and what Godoy did in her book is totally valid, no matter how questionable it may be. Although many say that Ariana and other Wattpad authors are not real writers, there is no denying the fact that some of them have been university students who at least know a little about literature. Godoy's own biography corroborates that she has studied at the university and has even been a teacher. If there is something that the Wattpad stories have made clear, it is that today you can be a writer without having to have studied. It is thanks to social networks that they have now given us free rein to be any type of popular figure without the need to have had prior knowledge about any subject. That is neither a good nor a bad thing. It is something totally neutral and valid.
Ares now has a problem regarding Raquel and that is that now he must maintain a commitment to Vera for a family business matter. This is the case where a couple must commit to being united for the economic good of both families. That's the most interesting conflict this movie has, although there was a lot that needed to be detailed. Among other conflicts involving the Hidalgo brothers, Artemis is about to become a father and there is the question of whether he will be able to be a good father because his own father never taught him what paternal love is. There is also the secret affair that Apolo begins to have with another boy and that worries Daniela, although it is a bit absurd for her to worry about it, since she had an affair with another girl in the presence of Apolo. Logically, if Daniela could be with another person in the middle of her relationship with Apolo, then Apolo also had every right to see someone else. These subplots occurring with Apollo and Artemis could have contributed quite a bit to the plot, but it's a shame they didn't delve deeper. Anna is almost invisible in the film and like in the second, she is only there to lead to what happens at the end.
It is curious that they have decided that the plot takes place at Christmas and the end of the year, as if it were a symbolism about how Rachel and Ares' stage in the trilogy ends to begin a new stage. What can be seen is that the film is the least cliché of the trilogy, with a more realistic approach oriented towards the characters' emotions. Taking into account the target audience for Wattpad stories, the film may be pleasing for its drama, but not so pleasing for not having the level of youthful clichés that make Wattpad stories so popular. You could say that clichés are the essence of Wattpad stories and are what their audience always expects to see. Ariana Godoy participated again as a consultant and this time she managed to contribute something because the film has something of her feel. This could have been the best film of the trilogy, but it is not due to the lack of structure in the script. Nothing more was needed to better coordinate the ideas and subplots. Although much of the film feels quite average, the best thing is the ending that manages to give a very good conclusion to the story arc of Rachel and Ares. There are still more loose ends to tie up, but it is clear that for fans of this work, only Raquel and Ares matter, not the others.
In conclusion, "A Través De Tu Mirada" is not that different from the second film because both were made just to replicate the success of the first film, but at least it gives a good ending to the love story of Raquel and Ares. The toxicity that many accused the novel and the first film of does not exist in this latest installment and that at least gives Raquel and Ares that ending that many young girls dream of. If it had had a better structure and more development, it would have been a great film. My final rating for this movie is a 6/10.
