The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Regent Releasing | Release Date: September 26, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Queen Raquela's plotty elements don't always work: The acting in the story-driving scenes sometimes comes off as amateurish, and the circumstances that send Rios halfway around the world seem contrived. But de Fleur gets an astonishingly good performance from Stefan C. Schaefer. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The great strength of the film is that it is difficult to know where cinema verite leaves off and fiction begins. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Likeable if rambling first feature by Icelandic helmer Olaf de Fleur Johannesson ("Africa United") evinces the helmer's background in documaking, and reps a kind of quasi-doc itself with real-life trannies riffing on their own personas. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Their film is a rarity in that Rios emerges as a vibrant, reflective woman, an individual who refuses to be defined by her transsexuality. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Rios is the glue that holds Johannesson's neither-fish-nor-fowl film together. Read full review
50
Village VoiceErnest Hardy
Mildly engrossing, building to a final-act clash between First and Third worlds that is riveting and highly uncomfortable to watch. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
It's like being trapped in a roomful of teenage girls for 80 minutes. Read full review
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