The Matador
City Lights Pictures | Release Date: October 31, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Negative:
1
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Village VoiceElena Oumano
The Matador reserves judgment while raising the core issue concerning this traditional ritual: deep, poetic cultural expression or glorified animal cruelty? Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Barbaric, elegant, primitive, erotic, revolting, thrilling: the movie, like bullfighting itself, is all of these. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The Matador is rightly exciting -- and unsettling. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Mostly The Matador romanticizes a brutal tradition that has no place in the 21st century. Read full review
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