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To tell you the truth, this show basically does suck. Okay, I'm a Catholic, and I truly believe in God and the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. But the drama plots are technically dumb. The actors/actresses (especially the teens) suck at acting. They laugh mechanically, like without feeling. If they're "insulting" another character in the drama, their "insults" aren't very insulting. They seem too stiff and the teens in the dramas are the ones who especially seem to be way stiff. I find myself criticizing the drama shows all the time or find myself laughing at the horrible acting. I tried watching it a few times, but it comes on at 10 pm where I live, and I just fall asleep instead of watching the show because I know I would end up rolling my eyes.

The show follows the typical formula of other Mexican dramas such as ''Mujer Casos De La Vida Real'', ''Como Dice el Dicho'', and others. Like those dramas mentioned, ''La Rosa De Guadalupe'' usually does not feature or focus on one cast throughout the series, it also does not follow any formula of continuity instead they feature a new cast and setting every episode. Each episode aims to tell a different short story each time, that aims to teach emotional life lessons, which are usually resolved through someone praying to the Virgin of Guadalupe.

The show seems to be aimed at children and teens, since most of the problems revolve around the problems of stereotypical teenagers, and sometimes children. Common problems such as bullying, teen pregnancy, alcohol abuse, gun violence, etc. Others seem to focus on more domestic issues that some how have effects on children and teens, such as a mother being abused by her alcoholic father, abusive parents, etc.

The premise of the show itself is fine, but it's lack of focus on plot, it's bad scripting (filled with butchered Spanish, Mexican slang, and English-isms), and horribly bad acting kill the show for me. The show has many sub plots within itself that are sometimes filled with complete plot holes (never fully explaining what the life lesson was for the episode for example, other than the Virgin's fairy dust randomly appearing and fixing everything). Or another case, never fully explaining what happened to a character or what happened in the plot to fully cause the problem. The acting is over exaggerated at times, as well as some of the story lines themselves, even for the theme that it's trying to preach. I've caught myself asking at times, who seriously acts like this in real life or who says this kind of stuff, yes it even fails at making common issues seem unrealistic and even stupid at times.

The bad acting and the bad writing and the bad plot make this show a disaster along with the other factor I've mentioned. I only give it a 2 because hey it's at least better than some of the other garbage that's on TV these days. Since La Rosa targets a younger audience, it uses more upbeat rock music and pop music that appeals to Mexican children and teens, instead of orchestras or ballads like Novelas. The music itself however, just sounds like random stock music that was composed on a cheap budget. If anything they could at least get a better music producer or use actual bands.

So if you like cheesy plots, with horrible scripting, and terrible actors, mixed with a cutesy religious theme then this show is for you. There is a rip-off version of this on Telemundo as well, which is much better FYI.

Porque Mexico, this is one of the worst shows I've ever seen besides CNN10, La Familia De Barrio, Teen Titans Go!, Modern Family Guy y Feminist Frequency

Ok first off the music is repettive while actually nice to listen, the music makes me really sad and down, I was crying watching this show, es muy triste, abismal, y muy mean-spirited, the acting is stupid, mucho filler, the show makes México look horrible in every way posible, es muy mal que even a lot hate this show, the only good things are the moral, theme song and gets interesting, as well s la música, I hope this show gets cancelled, the only people that would love this show are esos estupido hispanophobes, this show sucks. Really sad :,(

I don't even know where to began.

Every time when I'm watching a movie or a show on TV, I don't really give a damn about the acting, I don't care how good it is, or how bad it is, I just want to be entertained, but the Acting in "The rose of Guadalupe" is the the worst acting I ever seen, I seen drama clubs perform better, Its like every Character shifts from a happy over lighted character, to an over reacting whiner, People don't talk like that, period.

Secondly, my parents & aunts notice that I watch to many horror films, Horror films that aren't main stream, but I can escape from, such as Martyrs, The Descent, Inside Rec, Audition, Etc, & every time my family tells me something like "Man, your wrong in the head, stop watching to much of that crap because you'll go crazy, instead watch something beautiful the rose of Guadalupe" & thats when I go off, I tell them Watching The Rose of Guadalupe is like Watching an Abortion, Blood does not make a bad movie, TERRIBLE writing does. Just because a story has a "& they lived happily ever after" ending, that does NOT Make it a good film or TV show, because thats totally unrealistic, & thats what this show does, even when this show has problems, like kidnapping someone, or killing someone, or even getting into fights, its totally unrealistic, especially how the characters talk, they are way to cocky, way to enthusiastic, way too fake, NO ONE in the world is as happy as the characters hear, or as stupid.

I am Catholic, I go to church, I read the bible, I did my first communion, I will always believe in the virgin Marry, BUT, I don't believe shes the clown that is shown in this program. There is no such thing as fairy tales, & thats what they do in this program, everything shown in this program is FAKE, not the situations but the way its acted, the way its going, its all fake, this is something kids should see because it fails in every level, it acts like a program for kids. In reality, YOU gotta do things on your own, if your daughter gets kidnapped, praying wont get her back, its good to pray to have hope to keep you going, but you need to do everything you can, on YOUR own, help yourself, because no one will magically bring her back to you.

Also, its very pathetic how they try to imitate modern situations, such as Homosexuals, online Chatting, kidnapping, pregnancy, even schools, & they try to do it there own way. I remember seeing an episode called "El Secreto" about a gay who was "Gay" & at the end, he has sex with a girl, & he "Magically" became straight.....Okay, whoever said Being gay was a choice is WRONG, being gay just means your attracted to the same sex, thats it, it never changes the same person you were before, even if that kid was gay & he slept with a girl, that does NOT magically turn him straight, he wouldn't even like it, because its not in his nature, thats who he is. Also, when they have online chats, they try to make it seem like FaceBook, like they check in on it, every 5 minutes, & act like they don't got a life, especially teens, as a teen myself, that is not how people "chat" especially online. Also, when they do the kidnappings, the kidnappers kidnap the victim right in the middle of the street, where its opened to everyone watching...Like WOW. Also, I saw this episode, where a girls best friend slept with her best friends dad, & she got pregnant, 2 days later, & her belly look like she was about 8 months pregnant, AND the girl still had her friends with her....That is NOT how it works, when a girl becomes pregnant, all her friends hate her because they think shes a Slu+. & The bad guys shown in here are just bad guys, like they were Born bad guys & they rough in jail, it never shows them having any sympathy or remorse, they just aren't important characters in this show.

Overrall, Religion is a big deal, & in this show, they just use it to give incorrect hope to viewers, & its Sick that people are actually buying it, this is just Justin Bieber for adults, quite possibly the worst show ever made, next to Glee, I hate how unreal & pathetic everything shown in here is.

Also whats with the rose? It never explains its origin, just that it comes from the virgin marry, & then its gone after the problems are solved. Is it suppose to be a good luck charm, because if it is, why doesn't Japan get one?

The worst ideas. The worst actors. The worst scenes. The worst stories. Literally the worst show ever. Although they try to transmit good messages, every episode it's so bad that you want to laugh and vomit at the same time! Again, the worst show ever, period.

La Rosa de Guadalupe,at first I thought that it was about the testimony of the miracles of The Virgen de Guadalupe the Patron saint of Mexico, but it's nothing but a overrated idiotic soap opera that doesn't make sense at all! A lot of the plots are poorly written and doesn't make any sense at all. Drama Queen bawling their heads off in pure ape**** hysterics,plot lines that have huge holes that you could drive a truck through really bad acting by the cast members of this show. And a whole lot of plots that are ripped off for the worst novelas that were ever produced. Like I don't know if the Catholic Church in Mexico approved or appreciate this shameful exhibition of using the beloved patron saint of Mexico and Latin America as part of a hokey piece of garbage that they try to pass as entertainment. The only miracle that I hope if that they cancel this piece of garbage that they pass as entertainment!

First of all, the boring part ties into the repetitive part. and second the repetitive part, and OH GOD IS IT REPETITIVE. Im about to give a summary of every single episode. Ok, here we go. something bad happens. oh no! they pray to virgin Guadalupe yay! a rose appears, woah! Problem solved, WOO HOOO. that's the summery of this whole series. this summery has saved you from one of the most boring shows I've ever watched

Disclaimer: I am a Roman Catholic, and a faithful one. But that doesn't stop me from hating this "show".

I am (in)fortunate enough to watch this series many times thanks to the fact it's at lunchtime where I live at. And oh good lord, where do we start? Well, acting: Dull, overacted, really stiff and annoying at best. Acting here comes in two flavours: Either overreacted to the point it feels overly feigned (and annoying also), or really stiff, almost woodlike. The acting would make any cheap amateurish Elementary School drama play look like the Lord of the Rings. Nominating these kind of acting to the Razzies (since I don't know which is the award to the worst of the worst TV series) would be a disgrace to the Razzies awards itself.

Thematic: All of the episodes are too repetitive and formulaic: Problem A happens, it goes rock bottom, a white rose appears sent by the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the problem is solved by magic, everybody lives happily ever after. Wait, does that ever happens in real life? As far as I know, the Virgin (and the saints in the Catholic traditions) plead to God for the miracles to happen. But leaving the religious themes aside, the whole "Virgin ex Machina" theme is just annoying, since it gives people the false hope of leaving it all to the Virgin to solve their problems. A really lazy, and downright stupid, solution. There's an old saying, stating "Help yourself so I can help you", which is the real way on how do miracles work. Seconds, the series is promoted as "stories of love and redemption." Lies, there's neither love nor redemption on those stories; while the stories try to entangle with the emotions of the viewer, the horrible acting, weak scripting and downright dumbed down characters don't help at all. Third, the writers didn't do any research regarding some of the thematics, which is grating and offensive, considering several episodes took on fashion trends (like the emo subculture, for example) and made them look downright offensive; Another one I can think is one of a teen aged girl who got pregnant and then she got dumped by her boyfriend, and suddenly wants to try abortion before her parents realize she is pregnant, but sorry, at a certain phase of pregnancy you just can't do that if you don't want to end jailed. And there are more examples, but the whole wrongs done by this program make me too lazy to list them all.

Music: Corny and melodramatic, usual in any soap opera. But here's the only salvageable point: the ending, a beautiful version of "La Guadalupana" pointing you out that you just lost a valuable hour of your life trying to figure out what did you just saw. At least that ending actually points out something good about the series.

And oh joy... let's go for the dialogues! Completely unreal and stupidly idealistic.

Overall, this TV show sucks. Avoid it like a plague.

This show has to be the most irritating thing ive seen, literally every. Single. Character is either stupid, annoying, abusive as hell, or just straight up edgy. Not only that, but ive noticed some patterns in nearly every single episode: main character has abusive parents, main character gets pregnant at like 16-14, and main character probably gets bullied a lot. Not only that, the show also re-uses the same soundtrack in every single episode, and the acting is bad and inaccurate as someone that comes from a latino family. (Sorry if this is more of a rant) This show is annoying as hell and it deserves to B U R N

Bad acting, bad plot. Don't watch this serie please. It's an insult.

Encouraging Bunch of youngsters to fall in love, like falling in love is the ultimate goal of success in life. Also, the way the talk to each other, "mi amor" "te amo tanto". Really? About encouraging young generations to fulfill their dreams of having a good education, become a volunteer to help a good cause.

Saw this episode where they made it seem like smoking weed is same like smoking crack and saying Marijuana is like a real bad hardcore drug and shaming people that do smoke weed

The characters have less than 10 IQ points in each episode. Terrible performances, repetitive themes and very predictable. The dialogues don't sound real and it's painful to watch, the script is awful. The characters are shown repeatedly making ridiculous and clumsy decisions and falling for the same scams over and over again. It is not a good representation of reality. They should incorporate more original ideas into the storylines. The scenes always have a very close shot to the face of the people and it looks bad. Using this filming style for every scene is not visually appealing or effective. The production team should resign for dignity or be fired. The moral lessons they try to convey are usually good but the way they do it is shameful. Even if you are religious, you realize that this program should be shut down because of how pathetic it is. I don't know why they continue to produce such a stupid program. I suppose some people like to consume garbage and some benefit from it.

In Mexico there are good soap operas, some regular soap operas and bad soap operas, then there is the Rosa de Gudalupe that is spreading more and more.

Originally it was a series that offered good entertainment or average entertainment, which was acceptable because the duration allowed you to waste around 1 hour or 2 hours watching something entertaining and that would possibly leave you with a lesson on a particular topic.

But as with all series and all romantic comedies in Mexico, they always try to make it as long as possible and it ends up being a bit of unintentional humor or tiring the majority of the viewers who watch it. Little by little you could see how the series went from being very fun to being very boring, taking into account that it was always either bad or very bad.

With many repetitive episodes, bad acting, some local jokes, episodes with stolen ideas or bad actors, I can say that it is a series that disappoints more and more and that possibly at any moment they will end it with a notice or announcement to the television community.

If one day you are bored and you have seen all the memes that revolve around this television series, I recommend you watch one of the episodes and you will have a lot of fun with all the humor it has.

I know everyone doesn't like this show but I personally do like it, lots of the chapters are interesting watch and I watch this show everyday, however I think it's a great show, not amazing or wonderful. Just great and I'm a fan, the show does have many good episodes and I recommend these ones "El desconocido de la cama 3" "El precio de un Error 2014" "El Gandalla" And more If you don't like them it's fine, but I hope this show keeps going

A well-crafted series, showing several miracles that happen to those who have faith and are not going through a good phase. Each chapter is narrated as if it were a real case and you can put yourself in the place of the person, in question, and understand your pain and distress.

As you well know, "La Rosa de Guadalupe" is made in Mexico. The fact that it has been on for eleven years means that it has been around long enough to be a representation on the interests and moments that have defined Mexico as a countryfor over eleven years

Wow. Our lord Jesus and his mamá Guadalupe truly are alive and whale.i cry all episodes, and watch with my girl friend Bernicia Jones. Truly inspire, and give me hope in live. Especially episodes, there with girl that looks like cabbage patch kid, she truly amazing acter. Please keep making this episodes to allow me to enjoy world. Thank you Jesus for making this show and allow for watch. Amen

There is only one other review on here that gave a very popular TV show a 1 star rating, compelling me to write this review:

This is a classically melodramatic (as are most novelas and Spanish language series) series that follows the novela plot set up.

It is targeted towards traditional Spanish dominant, Catholic Mexicans and is a foreign made show. Currently in its 9th season, it has achieved extreme popularity in this demographic by combining a faith based program with modern moral issues and providing a moral solution in the end.

Obviously, we all know the miracles are fake and the stories are fake; it's a scripted TV show... It's a light hearted family program that facilitates conversations about sex, drugs, internet dangers, etc. between parents and children.

It is so popular that it is aired on various network and airs currently on the most popular Spanish TV network (Univision) 3 times a day. Its prominence has sparked a number of memes and pop culture references among Latin@ millennials today.

This show is just great. If only they'd actually air it. I never know when its going to be on TV. Its all you want in a soap opera with plenty of drama and love and morals, actual Morals. This is one of the few times that I have actually enjoyed and been satisfied with the behavior of a main character on a soap opera. I love it and that magical rose is such an adorable basis for a plot narrative. It definitely stokes the reverence for the virgin that Hispanics have. The message of this show is I guess that the virgin always listens when your intentions are pure, and when times get tough. For the sad and unemployed, this show is just what the doctor ordered.