Cachorro
Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    80
    Bear Cub casually pulls off an amazing feat--combining innocent childhood nostalgia and graphic sexuality.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Jessica Reaves
    75
    The audience gets all of the love, with none of the guilt. It's enough to give you faith in family dramas again.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    A compassionate, life-affirming Spanish comedy-drama.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    75
    Cachorro's main flaw is in its ending, which seems somewhat abrupt and unfinished, but these characters have become so endearing by then that it hardly seems to matter.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    75
    The film's ambitions are laudable, and it manages to be touching, funny and true to life. It seems ungrateful to ask for anything more.
  6. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    70
    Isn’t just a "gay movie." There are just gay people in it. Anyone can get into this lovable film.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Moves deftly from a wry and affectionate father-son bonding comedy to wrenching drama.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    At the end, Bear Cub does have a brush with sentimentality. But by then, its integrity and low-key truthfulness has been certified in a dozen different ways.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Holland
    70
    Taking a seed of an idea and nurturing it into a fable about moral hypocrisy, Bearcub substantiates prolific Spanish helmer Miguel Albaladejo's rep for well-observed, character-based dramas with an offbeat twist and a potent emotional undertow.
  10. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    67
    Purrs with uncommon emotion.
  11. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    Pedro is what a friend of mine calls a ''macho Iberico," which refers to a certain type of cocky, insensitive Spanish man.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Bearded, burly and even balding, these "bears" are a refreshing change from the depilated, youth-obsessed men of "Queer as Folk."
  13. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jorge Morales
    60
    Much smarter than the average comedy.
  14. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    60
    Has a refreshingly original attitude.
  15. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    If you're thinking of taking the kids to Bear Cub because the title sounds like something they'd enjoy -- don't!
  16. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    50
    Albaladejo turns his film into a banal, mildly entertaining trifle of affirmation, eliciting a shrug more than any real emotion.

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User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. JimG.
    7
    A moving story about a mother, an uncle, and a grandmother and their love for a child. And, at last, a "gay and lesbian" movie where gayness is incidental to the plot rather than the focus of it.… Full Review »
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