La Soga (The Butcher's Son)
7-57 Releasing | Release Date: August 13, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
La Soga moves with a crazed energy that denies moral nuance. But the banal narrative (based on events in Mr. Perez's life) is elbowed aside by Josh Crook's eccentric direction and images that the cinematographer, Zeus Morand, brands with near-poetic intensity. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Although at times the film gets bogged down in psychological murkiness, the relentless pace and brooding charisma of its star overcomes its narrative deficiencies. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Made mainly by Yanks and New York-based Dominicans, the vibrant film bursts with local color and trades in very specific aspects of criminality, island-style. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
There's nothing about Josh Crook's cop saga that will strike you as new, but he and his talented lead do build an epic feel into this gritty tale of corruption. Read full review
55
MovielineMichelle Orange
A film loaded with interest that somehow fails to be interesting, La Soga is inspired by true events and not much else. Read full review
50
NPRScott Tobias
La Soga isn't without redeeming qualities: Superfluous flashbacks aside, Crook keeps the action moving at a fast clip, cutting fluidly from the streets of Santiago to its criminal pipeline in Washington Heights, and he gets a sinister turn from Calderon, a veteran character actor who plays Rafa with a soulful swagger. Read full review
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Village VoiceAaron Hillis
If La Soga feels neither gritty nor poignant enough to hit that sweet spot, it's not for a lack of sincerity. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
If animal slaughter makes you queasy, this movie isn't for you. Along with several cockfights, there's a long scene in which a pig is butchered. The folks at PETA would be most unhappy. People don't fare much better than the animals, with blood flowing in a seemingly unending barrage of violence. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
As the character grows soft and sentimental, so does La Soga, and the film's edge is terminally dulled by an avalanche of cliches and schmaltz. Read full review
40
Time OutLisa Rosman
Luisito (Perez) is the only vegetarian butcher working in the Dominican Republic-which may, alas, be the only original aspect of this well-intentioned, well-worn revenge saga. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubSam Adams
It's disheartening that a story with roots in autobiography, no matter how tentative, should end up as such an impersonal genre rehash. Read full review
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