Blossoms of Fire
New Yorker Films | Release Date: January 20, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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91
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Blossoms of Fire fulfills the first criterion of any good ethnographic study: It's about an inherently interesting subject. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
A bright, amiable chronicle of the vivid lives of the women of Juchitán. Read full review
60
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
It's easy to be seduced by this film's warmhearted, if slightly utopian, vision. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Ethnographic segments about the natives' daily life are bridged by expressive folk songs, though the film digresses to consider colonialism, homosexuality, and the effects of globalization on indigenous cultures. Gosling's schoolmarmish narration betrays the filmmakers' awestruck naivete toward the culture, which they seem to consider some sort of matriarchal utopia. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Results at times seem as much p.c. travelogue as serious docu inquiry. Read full review
50
Village VoicePhyllis Fong
Backed by folk songs and swirling shots of fiestas and markets, Blossoms is feel-good tourism but by its own bounds only woolly anthropology. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
While the subject is potentially fascinating, Gosling's unfocused, sluggish film is a case study in missed opportunities. Read full review
40
Film ThreatPhil Hall
Obviously, this is one subject which may not seem to require the attention of documentary filmmakers. Read full review
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