My Fault (2023)

Movie · 2023 · Drama, Romance, Thriller · 1h 56m · NR · Spanish

Curator score: 2.1/10 (46.8K ratings)

Love can only survive in the shadow of secrets.

Overview

Noah must leave her city, boyfriend, and friends to move into William Leister's mansion, the flashy and wealthy husband of her mother Rafaela. As a proud and independent 17 year old, Noah resists living in a mansion surrounded by luxury. However, it is there where she meets Nick, her new stepbrother, and the clash of their strong personalities becomes evident from the very beginning.

Ratings

Director

Domingo González

Production

Pokeepsie Films, Amazon Studios

Cast

Nicole Wallace, Gabriel Guevara, Marta Hazas, Iván Sánchez, Eva Ruiz, Víctor Varona, Fran Berenguer, Adriana Ubani, Ivan Massagué, Mariano Venancio, Jaime Ordóñez, Jaime Gutiérrez, Anastasia Russo, Noah Casas, Daniel Martínez, Pablo Riguero, Eve Ryan, Lucas Nabor, Antonio Hernández Fimia, Paloma Catalán

Where to watch

Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Curator Review

Verdict

A glossy, high-drama teen romance built on forbidden attraction, wealth, and melodrama. It’s messy and often absurd, but it clearly knows how to keep viewers hooked if they’re in the mood for a trashy, high-energy guilty pleasure.

Best for

  • fans of steamy YA romance
  • viewers who enjoy melodramatic forbidden-love plots
  • people looking for an easy, bingeable guilty pleasure
  • audiences who like flashy cars, parties, and heightened soap-opera energy

Skip if

  • you want believable character behavior
  • you dislike taboo romance setups
  • you need strong writing or tonal consistency
  • you’re not interested in teen melodrama or sensual soap-opera storytelling

Overview

My Fault is the kind of movie that lives or dies on whether you can surrender to its ridiculousness. It leans hard into the fantasy of danger, desire, and class contrast, wrapping the whole thing in glossy visuals, racing-adjacent swagger, and a constant sense that everyone is one impulsive decision away from disaster.

Worth noting

The appeal is not subtlety. The film is built for viewers who want chemistry, conflict, and a steady stream of over-the-top turns rather than realism. It has the energy of a wattpad-style fantasy with enough momentum to stay entertaining even when the plotting gets silly.

Bottom line

What holds it together is the sheer commitment to its own excess. If you’re in the right mood, it plays like polished trash in the best sense: fast, shameless, and easy to watch. If you’re not, it will feel like a chaotic endurance test.

Top Letterboxd reviews

🌼irene (1★) · 5210 likes

culpa mía por verla

cami · 4887 likes

the randomest soundtrack ever

Jany (2★) · 3394 likes

Rápidos y furiosos (Wattpad's Version)

Regelegorila (0.5★) · 3362 likes

Je ne pardonnerai jamais TikTok de m'avoir forcé à regarder ce film (cliquez ici pour la critique).

Liz (2★) · 3056 likes

This was a really really hard watch but it kept me entertained so points for that ! memorable moments:- they played k. by cas as she walks into a car racing arena for gangs- she said she’s not like other girls (unironically)- he completely undresses himself and lets his dick hang out in the middle of a crowded beach to change into a wetsuit ??- “dude are you crazy? Isn’t that your step sister” “yeah and?” “Isn’t that like incest?” *cuts to next scene”- she gets abducted while he’s buying condoms

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Topics

romantic drama, teen melodrama, forbidden romance, soap opera, guilty pleasure, wealthy elite, family conflict, high heat, YA adaptation, thriller-lite

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