El bonaerense
Menemsha Entertainment | Release Date: November 26, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Powerful sweat-stained swatch of Argentine neo-realism. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Unfolds leisurely, in anecdotal style, with deadpan humor and a sense of the absurd. Read full review
70
VarietyDavid Stratton
Not exactly a police corruption thriller, the film is more a study of innocence betrayed, though its insights into Argentine law enforcement are pretty scary. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
As a morality play, it's a one-sided contest, because the question of whether power corrupts is never a question at all. As a queasily thrilling tour of a dirty little corner of the world, however, Trapero's film offers a memorable ride. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Trapero again proves himself a master of mood, evoking the gritty, workaday world of contemporary Argentina that helped establish him as one of the most important young directors of the new Argentine cinema. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Episodic in its storytelling, the film never really achieves any true narrative momentum. But individual scenes do register strongly. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Still, the vapor traces of farce and policier that waft from this terribly earnest film never coalesce -- perhaps our own cultural remove allows what plays straight at home to be experienced as slightly daffy. Read full review
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