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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis documentary is a bit reticent on the subject of racism. It’s not a subject that Trejo addresses, other than to say that cops who used to pull him over now do so to get selfies. Yet it’s an amazing true-life success story.
- 80CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowryDirected by Brett Harvey, Inmate #1 has a few minor flaws, including an overly sappy musical score. Still, its subject is so inherently likable that a feature-length dose of Trejo's boundless energy feels like the kind of adrenaline shot we can use right about now.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThere are a lot of laughs in his Hollywood redemption story, which also reveals Trejo’s hard-won gentleness.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe documentary tells the fascinating, and moving, tale of how Trejo got off the road to ruin and became the unlikeliest of Hollywood character actors.