Identifying Features

Kino Lorber | Release Date: January 22, 2021

7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Ratings

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bertobellamyAug 7, 2021

Seeing 'Identifying Features' is shocking not only because of the harshness of its story but also because of everything it reminds of: endless news of found graves, hanging bodies, or mass kidnappings to swell the ranks of the drugSeeing 'Identifying Features' is shocking not only because of the harshness of its story but also because of everything it reminds of: endless news of found graves, hanging bodies, or mass kidnappings to swell the ranks of the drug traffickers.

Few portraits of violence in Mexico are as accurate as this one; Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero show great respect for the victims by not creating a spectacle of misfortune. And yet, his minimalist story has an unusual power.

'Identifying Features' is, without a doubt, one of the most valuable Mexican films of the 21st century; and the film should win the most important Ariel awards, not to mention that it must be chosen to represent the country next year at the Oscars.… Expand

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Brent_MarchantFeb 23, 2021

When the teenage son of a middle-aged Mexican mother goes missing while en route to the US to find work, she's determined to find out what happened to him, despite official reports that he was killed by gangs roaming the country's ruralWhen the teenage son of a middle-aged Mexican mother goes missing while en route to the US to find work, she's determined to find out what happened to him, despite official reports that he was killed by gangs roaming the country's rural highways. Her perilous odyssey proves to be quite an experience, more incredible than she ever could have imagined. Such are the makings of this chilling, sinister road trip mystery through the wilds of rural Mexico, one that literally and symbolically portrays the evil inherent in the nation's crime crisis. Although the film drags a bit in the middle and occasionally has inadequate subtitling, the picture's closing act provides quite a payoff, one that, like much of the production, is depicted with exquisite, if unsettling, cinematography. Director Fernanda Valadez's debut feature is a meticulously crafted offering that provides viewers with an inside look into a deeply worrisome problem, one that should give pause to anyone watching it -- or considering a trip through the Mexican countryside.… Expand

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Daniel54Feb 26, 2021

The movie takes its time, and unfolds very well at the end. Visually it had some brilliant scenes and shots.

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ChanekeCholoDec 13, 2021

"Todos nos parecemos de espaldas", cuando se van, todos aspiran a lo mismo y todos esperan lograrlo.
Sin Señas Particulares, ganadora del Ariel a mejor largometraje y galardonada en el Festival de Sundance llega para quedarse como una de las"Todos nos parecemos de espaldas", cuando se van, todos aspiran a lo mismo y todos esperan lograrlo.
Sin Señas Particulares, ganadora del Ariel a mejor largometraje y galardonada en el Festival de Sundance llega para quedarse como una de las mejores películas mexicanas hasta el momento. Hermosamente dirigida, actuada, escrita y fotografiada con un trasfondo totalmente desolador, melancólico e inhumano.
Incluso haciendo referencia al Purgatorio, al infierno y al Diablo mismo, estas de maneras sutiles y justificadas para el desarrollo de la trama, las cuales le agregan un valor narrativo muy interesante a la película.
Está llena de elementos, personajes secundarios y lugares donde ocurre la historia, y todo se siente realmente orgánico, natural y son momentos que uno como mexicano reconoce y debe tener cuidado, aspecto que yo lo definiría como tener una paranoia sana. Pero la situación por la cual pasan estas personas es llevada al extremo hasta el punto de sentirse que estas en el Infierno en la Tierra, aun así, mostrándonos que, bajo esas circunstancias, las personas aún pueden mostrar bondad y empatía unas con las otras.
Lamentablemente esta película no puede estar más lejos de la realidad y refleja realmente lo peligroso y desamparado que es la migración.… Expand

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