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Mexican, The
DreamWorks Distribution
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for violence and language
Starring
Brad Pitt,
Julia Roberts,
James Gandolfini,
David Krumholtz,
Gene Hackman,
Luis Felipe Tovar,
and
Bob Balaban
Jerry Welbach (Pitt) is a reluctant bagman who has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "The Mexican"...or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha (Roberts) to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border. (Dreamworks SKG)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
J.H. Wyman
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Gore Verbinski
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 7, 2001
Video: August 7, 2001
Theatrical: March 2, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
123 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Gandolfini's fans expect something quirky whenever he shows up, and they'll get what they've bargained for.

82
Mr. Showbiz
Cody Clark
The plot that propels them (Pitt, Roberts) along separate story lines is both unusually character-driven and a hoot.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Plenty of killings abound, nevertheless the film is a masterful -- albeit warped -- love-story-cum-road-movie that revolves around three of the most invigorating performances of the year.

75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Surprisingly enjoyable.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Gandolfini comes in from left field and provides a character with dimensions and surprises, bringing out the best in Roberts. Their dialogue scenes are the best reason to see the movie.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Together, the two of them (Pitt, Roberts) are cute as a bug.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Lively acting and stylish directing make this an engaging comedy-drama, although its attitude toward guns and violence is disconcertingly romantic.

75
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
For a Hollywood studio movie, you see, The Mexican is remarkably strange and eccentric with a plot like a wrinkled bed sheet and a black comic sensibility that consistently swerves away from the cliches that have been established in this Age of Tarantino.
70
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Like many of his recent films, The Mexican would be an independent movie if Pitt, not to mention the queen of popcorn cinema, weren't part of the picture. This is not your typical star vehicle.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
This violently comic caper has some spunky charm going for it -- but has a lot of self-consciously hip, studied wackiness going against it.
60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Apparently intended as a larky, character-driven adventure with dark underpinnings, this attenuated road movie was originally envisioned as a vehicle for relative unknowns, and might have worked better that way.

60
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A seemingly mad dog periodically turns into a well-trained pet.

60
Variety
Todd McCarthy
An intensely whimsical shaggy-dog crime story that ricochets between goofy violence and some endearing personal moments.

60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
The movie's biggest strength is a story that refuses to quit and almost makes sense within its own screwball logic.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
It's not the fault of "The Sopranos" charismatic, beefy star (Gandolfini) that he's an actor of such substance and quiet ardor as to make idle movie star ribbitting look frivolous.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Flails about desperately for a genre to call home.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
Superstars usually avoid movies this spiritless, and it's tough to believe anyone could read this script and fail to realize the movie wouldn't end up going anywhere.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Gandolfini, who skillfully fleshes out what's written as a one-joke character, comes close to pilfering The Mexican from the stars. Under the circumstances, that's not a huge accomplishment.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Thank God for James Gandolfini.

50
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Isolated offbeat moments aside, The Mexican mostly fires blanks.
50
Slate
David Edelstein
A passably diverting entry in the Tarantino genre of splatter and yuks and soulfully bumbling hit men.

50
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Plays like a drawn-out outline of a better movie; no one got around to fleshing out the details or providing some soul.

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The Mexican is its own worst enemy, consistently undermining its best efforts. The result is an over-long series of quirks, a film that's far less than the sum of its often amusing and ingenious parts.
40
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
If The Mexican proves anything, it's that eccentric features need a particularly delicate touch to be successful. With a film like this, how close you come doesn't matter: Off by a little is as debilitating as off by a lot.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Can't lift the double curse of too little genuine action, as opposed to quixotic events, and too many fancy words.
30
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
He's (Gandolfini) the true star of the film, and his stardom is achieved in the most honest of ways, through the sheer brute force of his talent.

30
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Intermittently appealing, fundamentally dysfunctional action-comedy.

30
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Undisciplined and overstuffed with enough surplus plot twists to make your neck ache, The Mexican affects the tousled look of a self-conscious indie.

30
Dallas Observer
Gregory Weinkauf
A dismaying dearth of romantic chemistry -- during their brief scenes together, the two (Pitt, Roberts) actually seem afraid to touch each other -- and we end up with a Frankenstein's monster of a movie: lots of interesting pieces cobbled together with all the stitches showing.

20
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
The entire movie looks as if it were processed in the toilet of a Tijuana jail cell. Shot by Dariusz Wolski in colors that are bleached out, over bright and flat, The Mexican is the ugliest-looking major studio release in recent memory.

20
Time
Richard Schickel
Half comedy, half action piece, the movie runs sputteringly on the not inconsiderable charm of its stars. But basically it is languid, indeterminate and uninvolving.

20
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Feels patently inauthentic.

20
Newsweek
David Ansen
A tired, confused romantic comedy/noir thriller with all the suspense of an infomercial. Buy the poster; skip the movie.
20
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Promises a road movie of blissful comic romance and delivers a series of dramatic dead ends.

10
Film.com
Robert Horton
Has even less directorial initiative than it has romantic spark.


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