Laredoans Speak: Voices on Immigration
Border Town Pictures | Release Date: November 18, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Los Angeles TimesMindy FarabeeFeb 11, 2012
Misses opportunities to add much substance to the debate over immigration reform. Instead, it strings together the views of a few law enforcement officials, legal experts, agriculture industry representatives, politicians, one "coyote," or human smuggler, and others hailing from the south Texas town of Laredo. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAndy WebsterFeb 11, 2012
A rich opportunity is squandered with Laredoans Speak, a documentary of laudable aspirations suffering from its pronounced sympathies. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie ScheibFeb 11, 2012
Some six or seven men (women conspicuously absent), including a mayor, an immigration lawyer, a congressman and a "coyote," offer views on immigration. Unfortunately, they all say the same thing -- and it's nothing new, affecting or articulate. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerFeb 11, 2012
The movie's argument only occasionally transcends its oozy nonspecificity and feel-good bleeding-heart vibe. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 11, 2012
Laredoans Speak is bad in a special kind of way that inspires the obviously piteous description of "well-intentioned."
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