Bolivia
Cinema Tropical | Release Date: February 26, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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88
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The gritty photography is a perfect match for the film's harsh realities, the script is taut (not a word or motion is wasted) and the acting is raw and realistic. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
There are no big surprises in Caetano's film, which plays out exactly as ordained, only a sense of life at its most precarious and real. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Turns the dangerous monotony of poverty and unemployment into something nearly hypnotic. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Caetano's blunt, deterministic ending underlines the point too neatly, but in dignifying an outcast whose life is treated as anonymous and disposable, he puts a human face on a national tragedy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
This film, Mr. Caetano's feature-length directorial debut, has an emotional integrity that's concise and direct. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While not particularly dramatically compelling, the film is carefully constructed and exposes both the economic and sexual exploitation of illegal workers. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Virtually plot-free, the movie's organic cultivation of Argentina's economic tension and ethnophobic woes is smooth as silk. Read full review
40
VarietyDeborah Young
A dignified second film for Caetano. Read full review
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