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70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    Fados connects today's leading interpreters with legendary fadistas of the past. And it's the last title to be released under the banner of the venerable New Yorker Films.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    A centerpiece of the film is a tribute to the late, legendary Amália Rodrigues, a woman of commanding, majestic beauty and presence, who is seen with her pianist in rehearsal, searching out every nuance of a song she is to perform. Unfortunately, Fado's other performers are not identified.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    There are no talking heads, but lots of singing heads and sexy dancing bodies, many of them belonging to stars in Spain. In total, there are more than a dozen performance pieces, all stylishly lensed.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Curiel
    75
    For those who've never before heard fado, Fados will be a revelation - a window into a music that (like blues music) can be poetic, heartbreaking, melodramatic and redemptive, all at the same time.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    As a production, Fados is pretty with its reflected surfaces and many projected images. But at times it hurts for the bite and texture of life outside that studio. For all the dolorous singing about and shots of streets, it'd be nice to hit one.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    70
    This veteran Spanish director has, in his latest, created both a tribute to an art form and a performance archive.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Dan Kois
    70
    The movie, set entirely on a beautifully lit soundstage filled with musicians, dancers, mirrors and projection screens, presents some of the country's most acclaimed fadoistas, singing tributes to the art form and some of its greatest legends.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    50
    Saura is formally ambitious--a troupe travels through the film, articulating lyrics in dance--but the movie missteps when departing wholly from the intrinsic nostalgia of its subject, as the seventysomething director imposes his idea of contemporary cool.
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