The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 16, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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60
TimeRichard Schickel
The film comes uncomfortably close to risible. But it also achieves moments of real power. It's worth a wary look before it attains midnight cult-movie status. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
The film's plea for old-fashioned pride and racial tolerance is muffled by a plain, unanticipated fact: Pete Perkins is out of his mind. Read full review
60
SlateStephen Metcalf
For a movie about the policing of borders, couldn't this one have policed a firmer one, between credibility and incredibility? Between seriousness and self-seriousness? Read full review
58
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It lacks even Tarantino-esque vitality. It moves more like a busted concertina. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
An unabashed descendant of "Bring Me the Head." This time, though, it's an entire corpse that gets hauled through the desert, and that's not all that's being toted. So is a hefty parcel of racial correctness. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The film is dreadfully slow without much in the way of rewards. Read full review
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