Sangre De Mi Sangre
IFC Films | Release Date: May 16, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
An intriguing, if flawed mystery set in the shadowy subterranean world of undocumented Mexican immigrants. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Zalla constructs a suspenseful movie with no intention of sugarcoating the daily hardships of New York's underclass. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The film is built around two relationships, both touching, both emotionally true. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneTasha Robinson
The acting is impeccable, with Hernandez radiating an air of sleazy charm and Ochoa doing terrific work as a bitter man who's just lonely enough to have chinks in his well-developed armor. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Intricately and imaginatively structured, building to a powerful climax of complex irony. Read full review
70
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
And Jesus Ochoa, the veteran actor who plays Diego, makes us jealous of Mexico. How easily powerful he is, how complex without pretense. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The result is contrived, but compelling--as is the movie's high-powered humanism. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The film seems even more one-note when compared to the recent indie feature "Chop Shop," which also follows young immigrant hustlers in NYC, yet takes the time to provide a fuller picture of the city and its opportunities. Zalla prefers to wallow in the dead-end, an approach that's initially powerful, then numbing. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Zalla, a graduate of Columbia's film school, is talented and single-minded. He needs to lighten up, literally. He frames his characters to bring out all their sweaty desperation, and his palette is dark with splashes of muddy brown; even the street scenes look as if they were shot in a dungeon. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Ochoa is such a masterful actor that he makes things fairly interesting despite the script, with Hernandez and Espindola well-cast as two young men operating by different moral compasses. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Although it exhibits a heartfelt connection with the city's half-invisible population of illegal immigrants, its myriad inconsistencies and strained plotting are increasingly frustrating. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The movie shows the city as both an intimidating and enticing place for new arrivals, but ultimately gets bogged down in the cliched split destinies and intentions of its main characters. Read full review
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