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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisGraced with a shimmering visual style and sense of lyrical self-consciousness that owes a debt to French visionary Jean Cocteau, the modest film provides further evidence of Mexico's recent cinematic renaissance.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatA young man wanders the streets looking for love. There you have most of the plot of Julián Hernández's masterful debut feature. But what a rich cinematic journey this is!
- 60L.A. WeeklyJon StricklandL.A. WeeklyJon StricklandIf first-time writer-director Julián Hernández lets his knotted narrative get away from him too often, he nevertheless shows a miraculous sense of style for a 31-year-old.
- 40TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIt all amounts to something less than an 80-minute Calvin Klein advertisement.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSelf-indulgent in the extreme, Julián Hernández's laconic ode to heartbreak feels like the work of a lovelorn teenager.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA murky and morbid dirge of a gay romance.
- 30VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellHandsome but dramatically static drama.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceAll the stylistic flourishes can't hide the lack of an actual plot, character development, or point. Like Gerardo, we wait, hoping something will happen, knowing nothing will.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA bleak, static mood piece about adolescent emptiness. There's little dialogue, and what there is offers the scantest information about Gerardo, who, as played by Mr. Ortuño, conveys an impenetrable blank-faced melancholy.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleHernandez's debut feature is a thuddingly slow, often wordless portrait of emotional pain.