Broken Sky
Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 29, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
4
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88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Don't be put off: Hernandez's exquisite romance works on an emotional, as well as intellectual, level. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Broken Sky is that increasing rarity, a film that is fully realized visually. Keeping dialogue at a minimum, Hernández and inspired cinematographer Alejandro Cantú create a constant interplay between light and shadow, movement and stillness, dramatic spaces of architectural grandeur and intimate enclosures to evoke the ever-shifting emotions of an all-consuming first love. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNathan Lee
Mr. Hernández doesn't always grab what he's reaching for -- his talent soars untethered by discipline -- but the thrust of his effort lights up the sky. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyTim Grierson
All in all, a striking, memorable disappointment -- not unlike so many first loves. Read full review
30
VarietyDeborah Young
Though the bold treatment of homoerotic love in Mexican helmer Julian Hernandez's feature bow Broken Sky is sure to grab attention, it doesn't take long before the picture's torturously slow pace turns an earnest effort into a tedious aesthetic exercise. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
A 2-hour, 20-minute bore-de-force of virtually dialogue-free angst. Read full review
20
Village VoiceMelissa Levine
That's the movie--desperate grasps, huffy affronts, gulping kisses, and one juicy (if silent) sex scene, early in the film, before our senses have been deadened by boredom. Without dialogue, we don't know who the characters are, so we can't care about what they do. Read full review
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New York PostV.A. Musetto
[Hernandez] is obviously a man more concerned with art than commerce, but good intentions don't always make for good filmmaking. Read full review
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