Las Acacias
Outsider Pictures | Release Date: September 7, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 9, 2012
The very definition of modest, Las Acacias articulates emotional transformation with simplicity and grace. Rarely has a film managed to say so much while saying so little. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSep 4, 2012
This lovely film is ultimately an articulation of something at once simple and universal: the discontent of traveling through life with sad resignation. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonSep 4, 2012
Watching this taciturn man grow close to mother and child - close enough that he experiences twinges of jealousy and abandonment toward the end of Las Acacias - is one of the most satisfying spectacles in a movie this year, a time-lapse of emotions rendered perfectly. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 4, 2012
Exhilarating and moving. This is a very satisfying love story. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichSep 4, 2012
A study in simplicity, perhaps too much so. The writer-director is working in the same patiently observant vein as Argentine confederate Lisandro Alonso (Liverpool), especially in the intriguing early scenes, where the adults communicate mostly through furtive glances and expertly modulated body language. Read full review
60
EmpireAnna SmithSep 4, 2012
A moving drama set against beautiful Latin American backdrops - just don't expect fireworks. Read full review
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