Rolling Family
Palm Pictures | Release Date: September 8, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Thoroughly wonderful. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Director-writer Pablo Tapero keeps the proceedings low-key and realistic. He doesn't hit you over the head with his ideas, yet he manages to say a lot about human nature. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Don't try to figure Emilia's family out. Just sit back and let this family scrapbook move along. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Filmmaker Trapero, a proponent of the New Argentine Cinema, employs a minimalist naturalism to tell what is obviously a very personal story that, at the same time, is certain to elicit widespread sighs of familiarity. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Rolling Family is not a movie of ideas but an emotional and tactile experience of economy-class travel. In surveying a large swath of the Argentine landscape, it could be a companion piece to "The Motorcycle Diaries." Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This Argentinean comedy is short on plot and leisurely in its character development, though by the end it's become a modest and genial portrait of a dysfunctional family. Read full review
60
VarietyDeborah Young
The film has humanity to burn, but its loose structure makes it hard to connect with the multiple characters. Read full review
50
Village VoiceRob Nelson
The repeated sight of cute roadside animals and kissing cousins doesn't much enliven the long trip, and while Graciana Chironi lends humanity to the role of the white-shawl-wearing, high-blood-pressure-battling Gramma, the movie rarely if ever crosses the border between familiarity and surprise. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Still, after an hour and a half of exquisite photography and mushy action, audiences may well ask the unspoken question that plays across the faces of the Rolling Family clan right before the closing credits. Was it worth it? Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Esposito
The wedding site at the end of the road offers beautiful vistas overlooking Brazil, but it's hardly worth the trip. Read full review
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