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Sangre de mi sangre
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Critic Score
Metascore: 56 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
10.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Jesús Ochoa, Armando Hernández, Jorge Adrián Espíndola, and Paola Mendoza

A young Mexican immigrant, Pedro, journeys to New York City in search of the successful father he's never met, only to have his belongings and identity stolen by a conniving thief, Juan. As Pedro is left alone and unable to communicate in a country foreign to him, Juan cons his way into the home of Pedro's father, Diego, finding a man just as flawed as he is. While Juan attempts to reinvent himself, Pedro's only hope lies with a mysteriously complex prostitute, Magda, as he frantically searches for his identity. (IFC First Take)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: Christopher Zalla  
DIRECTED BY: Christopher Zalla  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: May 16, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 
LANGUAGE(S): English | Spanish 

What The Critics Said

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75
TV Guide Ken Fox
An intriguing, if flawed mystery set in the shadowy subterranean world of undocumented Mexican immigrants.
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75
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Zalla constructs a suspenseful movie with no intention of sugarcoating the daily hardships of New York's underclass.
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75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The film is built around two relationships, both touching, both emotionally true.
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75
Chicago Tribune Tasha Robinson
The acting is impeccable, with Hernandez radiating an air of sleazy charm and Ochoa doing terrific work as a bitter man who's just lonely enough to have chinks in his well-developed armor.
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70
The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann
And Jesus Ochoa, the veteran actor who plays Diego, makes us jealous of Mexico. How easily powerful he is, how complex without pretense.
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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Intricately and imaginatively structured, building to a powerful climax of complex irony.
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60
Village Voice J. Hoberman
The result is contrived, but compelling--as is the movie's high-powered humanism.
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58
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
The film seems even more one-note when compared to the recent indie feature "Chop Shop," which also follows young immigrant hustlers in NYC, yet takes the time to provide a fuller picture of the city and its opportunities. Zalla prefers to wallow in the dead-end, an approach that's initially powerful, then numbing.
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50
New York Magazine David Edelstein
Zalla, a graduate of Columbia's film school, is talented and single-minded. He needs to lighten up, literally. He frames his characters to bring out all their sweaty desperation, and his palette is dark with splashes of muddy brown; even the street scenes look as if they were shot in a dungeon.
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40
Variety Robert Koehler
Ochoa is such a masterful actor that he makes things fairly interesting despite the script, with Hernandez and Espindola well-cast as two young men operating by different moral compasses.
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40
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Although it exhibits a heartfelt connection with the city's half-invisible population of illegal immigrants, its myriad inconsistencies and strained plotting are increasingly frustrating.
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40
New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
The movie shows the city as both an intimidating and enticing place for new arrivals, but ultimately gets bogged down in the cliched split destinies and intentions of its main characters.
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