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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
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  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    80
    In the flawless cast, Williams is the most affecting.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Mammoth is a perfectly decent film. Too bad it isn't more thoughtful. It's easy to regret misfortune if all you do is regret it.
  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    70
    Mammoth manages to be as affecting as it is heartfelt.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    If one thinks of "Babel" minus the melodrama and histrionics, you get a clearer picture of what Moodysson has done here.
  5. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    60
    Moodysson hasn't exactly descended to "Babel"-level pabulum with Mammoth, his first foray into English; these characters are too fascinatingly thorny, and he still has a supple way with a pulse-throbbing dance tune.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    This overlong drama is the first (mostly) English-language film from the talented Swedish filmmaker Moodysson ("Lilya 4-Ever"). Any semblance of subtlety was unfortunately lost in translation.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    50
    Mr. Moodysson has never met a pleasure he didn't want to punish.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Alissa Simon
    50
    A mixed bag, Mammoth is a good-looking, smoothly directed, continent-hopping drama about parents and children, globalization and the disconnect between rich and poor, but comes with too much repetitive exposition and lacks an emotional payoff.
  9. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    50
    Moodysson's meticulous attention to surfaces allows him to draw a stark contrast between the Americans' affluence and the Asians' poverty, but his final observation--that somehow the rich will muddle through--is hardly a bold statement.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    50
    While Mammoth is frequently poignant and beautifully acted--especially by Williams, who's so lost and lonely that she becomes casually cruel--the movie lacks the personal touch that's distinguished even Moodysson's "difficult" films.
  11. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Melissa Anderson
    30
    Grossly exaggerating his characters' either/or constructions, Moodysson forgoes any real ideas about the world's vast inequities, content to pummel his audience with portentous global guilt-tripping.
  12. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    20
    The overlapping stories, the emotional disconnect, the heavy-handed symbolism -- no, it's not a movie from the makers of "Babel," its a mumbling, stammering copycat drama from Swedish director Lukas Moodysson.
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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Diezmartinez
    4
    Una pelicula chantajista de la peor especie. A White Man's Burden Production. La producción, eso sí, es impecable y el reparto, esforzado. Pero el resultado es peor que el peor guión de Guillermo Arriaga.… Full Review »
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