Porfirio
Magic Lantern | Release Date: February 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Village VoiceScott FoundasFeb 5, 2013
Landes's tone is never salacious or exploitative, nor for that matter pandering or sentimental. This is a sui generis work—warm, sporadically funny, deeply human, and altogether beguiling. Read full review
80
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 3, 2013
Porfirio's view of physical disability often mesmerizes despite its glacial progress and stingy way with narrative information. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerFeb 3, 2013
Alejandro Landes's Porfirio is an ugly movie to watch, but it's not without purpose. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttFeb 3, 2013
The film falls into an interesting intersection between documentary and feature, between reality and fiction. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 7, 2013
Vividly depicting the indignities of the flesh, Porfirio offers a harshly sensual portrait of a man imprisoned by paralysis and the callousness of the state. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearFeb 5, 2013
The whole notion of taking a page out of the Bressonian handbook (nonprofessional performers, a complete lack of emotionalism) lends a spiritual aspect to this antihero’s plight, with neither social neglect nor a battered corpus keeping his soul from transcending the self. Reaping the benefits of such a minimalist methodology, however, requires a high tolerance for Porfirio’s pitiless formalism. Read full review
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