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41 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    The movie is very small in scale, but the performances are appealing and Fernandez's screenplay casts an interesting light on the main characters' self-images as Latina women.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Consistently entertaining and offers some sharp observations of the Latino experience.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Hollis Chacona
    67
    With wonderful music, interesting characters, and lots of laughter, this picture feels much bigger than it really is.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    63
    There are so many small, satisfying moments when the women are allowed to be real that it's a jolt each time they become superficial symbols.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Breezy and eminently watchable.
  6. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Chris Gore
    60
    Not for me, and in spite of that, I found it really funny, smart and sweet. I enjoyed it.
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    An occasionally charming, sometimes amateurish film .
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Edward Crouse
    50
    Chock-full of feisty-frank go-girl sextalk speculating on white guys' underplayable size.
  9. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    50
    The lawyer is marvelously played by Evelina Fernandez, who wrote the screenplay based on her play.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: David Chute
    40
    There are surprising grace notes in all the performances, and familiar, friendly faces pop up in supporting roles.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    40
    Easy to like and difficult to admire.
  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    Comes off as nothing more than a TV soap opera, with overwrought acting, simplistic dialogue and a generic plot.
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  13. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    10
    A stiff, clumsy, amateurish mess, one of those ethnically righteous movies likely to be endured exclusively by its story's demographic.
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  14. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    0
    It is a traffic jam of broken hearts, fluxing racial identities and deplorable outfits that has everything but a salsa overhaul of "I Will Survive."
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