The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Fine Line Features | Release Date: June 10, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
6
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63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Wilder's created world is alive with his erudition, his sympathy for his characters in their loneliness and flawed goodness. This film doesn't do him justice but it's a gesture in the right direction. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Ultimately comes across as a soporific costume drama featuring a gallery of miscast stars. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though handsomely mounted, this parable of intersecting destinies and implacable tragedy is as lifeless as a wax tableau. Read full review
40
VarietyJonathan Holland
The stellar cast can do little to paper over the cracks in an awkward, unevenly-paced script that is composed of a series of sometimes-attractive scenes with little emotional undertow. Read full review
40
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
An honorable but dull attempt to translate a neglected literary source to the screen. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
May be the opposite of trash, but it is something just as disposable: dead literary meat. Dragged down by a stuffy screenplay clotted with generic period oratory, overdressed to the point that the actors seem physically impeded by their ornate costumes, and hopelessly muddled in its storytelling, the movie is edited with a haphazardness that leaves many dots unconnected. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The script and direction by Irish filmmaker Mary McGuckian is just deadly. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Rates an inquisition of its own. It may not be heresy to fill out an ensemble cast of Peruvian and Spanish characters almost exclusively with non-Hispanic actors, but it certainly destroys any sense of authenticity. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
After watching this movie, which stars Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates and Gabriel Byrne, I was moved only to find my own bridge to leap from. Read full review
10
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
This all-star Euro-indie is stultifyingly torturous. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
"I am surrounded by oceans of boredom," the campy Abraham complains at one point. It's a sentiment audiences are bound to share. Read full review
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