My Uncle Rafael
Metascore
36 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Sep 20, 2012
    60
    It's no great surprise how things end up for this tossed-under-one-roof bunch. How they get there, however, provides a largely fertile playground for the picture's talented comic ensemble.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Zachary Wigon
    Sep 20, 2012
    50
    The Americans are clichéd and vapid, and seeing them get knocked around and told to wake up can be validating if you know people as obnoxious and spoiled as them.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    Sep 20, 2012
    30
    My Uncle Rafael stumbles over forced plotting and setups and falls prey to its hero's avuncular mushiness.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Sep 21, 2012
    40
    A behind-the-scenes comedy about the making of a reality TV show, My Uncle Rafael looks suspiciously like an outright sitcom itself, with the same careful dosage of sententiousness and one-liners.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Sep 18, 2012
    30
    An insufferable import indebted to "Mrs. Doubtfire" in which a man in prosthetics helps a family cope with, and overcome, divorce.

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