Don't Tempt Me
First Look International | Release Date: August 22, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
Perhaps only a filmmaker from a country steeped in Catholicism could turn out a consistently sharp and profane "divine comedy" (the title means "blessed hell") that is also, for the most part, theologically correct. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
A stylish comedy low on amusement but high on sensuality. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Short on both life and laughs. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's hard to care even just a little when you have no idea what's at stake or why, be it Heaven or Hell. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
The color-coded cinematography is nice but the jokes are obvious and the dialogue drags whenever metaphysics gets brought up. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
What starts as a fairly lighthearted satire ends in a tiresome, ultra-violent shootout -- and the film pretty much throws away the possibilities of Cruz's gender-bending role. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneEllen Fox
If the filmmakers wanted to talk so much, they should have just gotten together for a long, anecdote-filled, wine-soaked Spanish dinner party and amused themselves. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
This must all make sense to Yanes, somehow, but the film plays like a private joke with no punchline. Read full review
20
Village VoiceMichael Miller
Imagines Heaven and Hell as places so deeply mired in the business-as-usual hassles of earthly life that the battle between good and evil becomes a downright dull affair. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Bernal can't decide if he's making a Tarantino homage or an Almodovar riff or an Albert Brooks tribute...and the wobbly sensibility finally knocks the movie's legs out from beneath it altogether. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
What ensues is so glum and disjointed that the film becomes an even bigger mess. Read full review
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