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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUltimately comes across as a soporific costume drama featuring a gallery of miscast stars.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThough handsomely mounted, this parable of intersecting destinies and implacable tragedy is as lifeless as a wax tableau.
- 40VarietyJonathan HollandVarietyJonathan HollandThe 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.
- 40Village VoiceBen KenigsbergVillage VoiceBen KenigsbergAn honorable but dull attempt to translate a neglected literary source to the screen.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 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.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThe script and direction by Irish filmmaker Mary McGuckian is just deadly.
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsRates 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.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonAfter 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.
- 10Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyThis all-star Euro-indie is stultifyingly torturous.
- 0New York PostLou LumenickNew 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.