Madres
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): October 8, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The GuardianPhil HoadOct 7, 2021
Madres never loses a strong underpinning of social conscience that seeps into director Ryan Zaragoza’s considered shots. Read full review
60
The New York TimesLena WilsonOct 7, 2021
A subdued score and some by-the-book camerawork can make this urgent story drag, but what it lacks in sting it makes up for with an original script (by Marcella Ochoa and Mario Miscione) and a ferociously pregnant protagonist who would make the “Fargo” character Marge Gunderson proud. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeOct 12, 2021
Didactic in its approach to the material—which, to be clear, is absolutely horrifying and very real—Madres has some good ideas, but it fails to see the structural forest for the sumptuously photographed trees. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comNick AllenOct 8, 2021
Calling a movie like Madres by-the-numbers would be a compliment, and an overstatement, because that would indicate that the makers were even mildly successful. Read full review
20
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiOct 15, 2021
Madres is extremely fragmented and painfully subpar, wasting a chance to tell an intriguing, nuanced story that is still an issue in the present. Read full review
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