 Starting with its sold-out, one-week Oscar-qualifying run in late 2007, this film became a benchmark in Puerto Rican cinema for its combination of excellent critical reception, decent box office reception, and actual theatrical exhibition in the U.S.Nevertheless, in July 2009 the Puerto Rico Film Commission reported that "Maldeamores" had only recovered about 50% of its costs.In 2008, director Steven Soderbergh and actor – producer Benicio del Toro filmed most of the first part of "Che" on the island; and George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey (working in the island once more) shot "The Men Who Stare at Goats".