En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)
Cinema Guild | Release Date: June 8, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
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Universal acclaim based on 14 Critic Reviews
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91
The PlaylistKyle KohnerJun 26, 2018
Cardona’s brilliance emanates here. His performance is contingent on facial expressions and physical tics rather than words. His alluring face is juxtaposed by painful weariness, sullen eyes and a sense of humanity like no other. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnJun 19, 2017
Once the movie arrives at its brilliant climax, the cumulative effects of passing details lead to sweeping payoff. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJun 16, 2018
As we hang on the film’s plot twists, we also quietly absorb its points about the power of community and the purposeful determination of immigrants to create better lives for their families, not as special pleading but as something powerful and convincing. Read full review
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJun 8, 2018
McKay does no editorializing in En el Séptimo Día. He’s a simple, graceful storyteller — so graceful that we don’t notice all the technique he brings to the task of making us see the world through José’s eyes. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJun 7, 2018
“En el Séptimo Día” pulls off the tricky feat of feeling utterly natural as it ratchets with the mechanics of drama and suspense. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMay 24, 2018
Revolving around friendships, the pleasures of summer sport and the nitty-gritty of jobs that seldom take center stage, it's a work of unforced charm, a neorealist marvel. Read full review
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 24, 2018
Each elegantly framed shot, every deftly observed moment expresses something organic and moving. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 26, 2018
McKay has worked mostly in episodic television in recent years, and “On the Seventh Day” marks his confident, neatly ordered but freshly observed return to feature filmmaking. He’s working with nonactors here, in a fruitful halfway point between documentary and conventional fictional narrative. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJun 8, 2018
En el Séptimo Dia makes its points powerfully, even more so since the set-up is so simple. Even better, its third act is as thrilling as anything in a traditional sports movie. McKay's control of tone and rhythm is in high gear, creating a work both thought-provoking and hugely entertaining. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJun 22, 2018
McKay is very good where it counts the most: He understands these immigrants from the inside out, and, against all odds, he allows us to rejoice in their hopes. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMonica CastilloJun 16, 2018
Through his efforts, McKay captures a genuine sense of the bittersweet reality of the American dream and the people who give up their only weekly day of rest just to keep it alive. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonJun 20, 2018
McKay doesn’t take sides in the immigration debate, although he is clearly sympathetic of these hard-working young men who experience great indignities to work jobs most of us would not want. His approach is more cinema verite than high-stakes drama. It is almost a gentle, sweet film. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJun 4, 2018
On the Seventh Day brings a certain levity to wrenching matters of daily survival by thoroughly humanizing its characters, thus preventing them from feeling as if they're being written as stand-ins for thematic ideas. Read full review
75
The Film StageRyan SwenMay 24, 2018
En el Séptimo Día aims not for a glorified, glamorized version of an existence only slightly above poverty nor an excessive grittiness with pretenses towards “realism.” Rather, it seeks to portray a certain way of life with compassion, vitality, and above all fidelity, aims that are deeply felt and executed throughout this remarkable, vigorous film. Read full review
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