Lucía, Lucía
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 25, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
An exhilarating celebration of the possibilities of love and friendship, and Lucía, Félix and Adrián could not be more likable. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
Its substance and high ambitions, salted with humor, make for a rewarding two hours in the dark. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
In a brilliant and precise reversal of Hollywood's current casting game of matching older male stars with younger female starlets, Roth takes hold of the mature end of a love affair with the ultra-handsome Becker and steers a course of vivid sexual and emotional power. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Nicely shot and edited, but the movie is a narrative mess, which wouldn't be so bad if all it were up to was depicting Lucia's ups and downs. But the film takes too many illogical detours to be of much use. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Clunky and unsurprising. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The charms of Lucía, Lucía rely heavily on the charismatic Roth, who is funny and warm and a lot of fun to watch as she embraces her new life. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The attempt to make this intimate movie more exciting is misguided; we can find plenty of manufactured thrills at the multiplex. What's wrong with a little quiet, old-fashioned charm? Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The fancy stuff and foolery impedes the story and its emotions; the underlying story was strong enough that maybe a traditional narrative would have been best, after all. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Ms. Roth's radiance and understanding of Lucía's emotional life gives this film a touch of necessary psychological accessibility. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineSabrina Rojas Weiss
A sentimental look at love and middle-aged discontent thinly disguised as a comic adventure story. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Though filled with charm and led by three likable characters, the picture spreads its plot points and whimsy so thinly that we can never just relax. Read full review
50
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
It lacks the toughness and social insights of its Mexican new wave predecessors like "Amores Perros." And even as the story of one woman's midlife crisis, it's a bit lightweight. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Roth goes to town with this juicy part, and seems to enjoy herself immensely in this merry farce, which runs out of gas toward the end due to an over-complicated plot. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Anxiety is a fair response to a midlife crisis, but that hardly means that we want to see the heroine of a movie spend scene after scene trapped in a nervous dither of indecision. That's exactly what happens in Lucia, Lucia. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderStaff (Not credited_
Unfortunately the complicated thriller plot--with the regulation suitcase full of illicit cash--hinders the characters' emotional interactions without ever becoming credible on its own terms. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Has its moments, but by the time it reaches its anticlimax, Roth won't be the only one irritated at getting jerked around for no discernible reason. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneEllen Fox
What a vivacious-looking, tartly-scored bore of a movie. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
Even though the presence of such political and social nuances is largely inconceivable in an American romantic comedy, they only make this busy, blustery film seem more muddled. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
I love a good story, too, but I prefer one that actually goes somewhere (although, as joy rides to nowhere are concerned, this one is a beaut). Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Serrano's frequently mystifying device of having Lucía's cardboard psyche mess with the audience's minds is ultimately a confusing bore that detracts from what might have been a more eloquent (and interesting) take on middle-class midlife crises, telenovela-style. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
After a lively first half-hour, the scenes start to feel heavy, as though Serrano suddenly decided he was actually making a meaningful drama, and the ensuing, halfhearted political satire is like an extra weight on top of that. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Mexican filmmaker Antonio Serrano applies the fantasy device so haphazardly as to render it irritating instead of surprising. Read full review
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