The House of the Spirits

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One of the examples of Oscar bait gone wrong, this 1994 adaptation of the Isabel Allende novel showcases a Latin American family through different generations. But instead, the studio decided to cast mostly white actors in the main roles. It has an all-star cast with Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Redgrave and Armin-Mueller Stahl, but the end result was extremely misguided and was a critical and box office failure. Has a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes and if the movie would've cast some lesser-known Latin American actors as the main characters, if would've been pretty successful.