Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos)
Pantelion Films | Release Date: January 11, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireKate ErblandJan 10, 2019
Perfect Strangers takes too much time to get to its big game — nearly its full first act is consumed by introductions and set dressing, most of it unnecessary, considering how believable the group’s chemistry is — but once it kicks into gear, the effect is dizzying. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaJan 7, 2019
The dialogue snaps with precision and cringe-worthy humor; at times, you feel like you're having one of those awkward moments in which you watch a couple bicker. The movie is delicately perched between low-key believability and telenovela melodramatics, yet never falls too far to one side. Read full review
75
The Film StageJose SolísJan 26, 2019
If nothing else, Perfect Strangers is a film about how limited we are in the way in which we use technology. Rather than using it as a tool to advance our ways of storytelling and means of unique self-expression, we’re allowing its pettiest aspects to tell us who we are, becoming strangers to ourselves. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJonathan HollandJan 7, 2019
Although it's enjoyable to make the acquaintance of the well-played, crowd-pleasing Strangers, the encounter is quickly forgotten. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloJan 11, 2019
It’s a simple, stripped-down premise that transcends cultural specificity. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 7, 2019
It’s more tame than daring, at least that’s how Perfect Strangers plays north of the border. And the resolution is abrupt and unsatisfying. But the actors are uniformly superb, with Suárez and Bichir standing out. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJan 11, 2019
The farcical revelations — with their attendant puking and pounding on bathroom doors — work better than the grimly sincere ones. But only one bit goes clunk — the rest is deftly staged and acted. Read full review
60
VarietyAndrew BarkerJan 10, 2019
Released in Mexico late last year, Caro’s seriocomic adaptation alternates between a tense, well-acted chamber drama and an at times overly didactic parable, but its focus on our newfound willingness to collect all of our darkest secrets behind such an easily pierced veil – do we realize how precarious that tightrope we’re walking is? On some level, are we secretly hoping we might fall? – provides for plenty of squeamish entertainment. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 10, 2019
This picture is well acted (one of the cast members, Manuel García-Rulfo, has a growing profile in Hollywood; he was seen last year in “Widows” and “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”) and maintains narrative interest without ever grabbing the viewer by the lapels. Read full review
60
TheWrapCarlos AguilarJan 7, 2019
Caro’s ability to localize what might feel broad shines through, even though he is operating within set storytelling boundaries. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJan 10, 2019
Manolo Caro's film uses its characters as rigid markers of cowardice, lust, and entitlement. Read full review
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