Spoken Word
Variance Films | Release Date: July 23, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Strongly acted and beautifully photographed (by Virgil Mirano), Spoken Word is a quietly resonant family drama about the tug of old habits and the difficulties of escaping the past. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Spoken Word benefits from an improbably perfect storm of production circumstances: The muscular, balanced script, the brainchild of an unusual alliance between professional poet Joe Ray Sandoval and TV writer William T. Conway, consistently plays to Nunez's strengths. Read full review
80
Time OutS. James Snyder
Filmmaker Victor Nunez pairs evocative locales--beatnik Bay Area, bucolic rural New Mexico--with fleeting asides of poetry (penned by the Santa Fe–based writer Joe Ray Sandoval); these meditative detours both elevate a routine story arc and tap into tangled, twisted familial roots. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Now here's this rich and textured film. Read full review
75
ObserverRex Reed
The movie is about how he learns to show what's in his heart even when he can't find the spoken words to express his feelings aloud. Under the careful guidance of Mr. Nunez, Mr. Becker does both, in ways that reminded me of a Hispanic James Dean. Read full review
65
MovielineMichelle Orange
Has just enough genuine warmth to compensate for the coolness you might feel toward its generic trappings. Read full review
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