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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 34
  3. Negative: 5 out of 34
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    100
    Excellent.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Banderas inhabits the role of the mariachi with a feral grace undimished by the seven-year gap between films.
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    Needs a story.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
  3. Negative: 8 out of 31
  1. PatC.
    4
    Offers a fatalistic view of the inevitability of political intrigue. And that's the good part. While aspiring to present something memorable, this movie doesn't overcome what even the most casual observer would find to be a bloodbath.… Expand
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  2. BlueM.
    1
    The most irritating movie I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Would have been better if there was a story instead of blindly jumping from scene to scene. All the BS gunfight scenes make me angry just thinking about them.… Expand
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  3. BG.
    0
    This movie was absurd, ridiculous perverse and disgraceful. I can see how some liked the camera angles, the color and the energy. They were unique and interesting. However, the graphic violence was excessive and ruined the film for me . How can Rodriguez think we want to see the aftermath of someone's eyes being gouged out or their knees being shot off and burned? The bloody eye sockets and congealed blood ....for a good half hour was completely unnecessary. What could that possibly add to the film? You would be screaming in pain after your eyes were gouged out, not making wry comments and coersing little Mexican boys who don't speak English to guide you by the hand and help you shoot bad guys in the middle of a coup/popular revolution. Absurd! This movie is visual masturbation. … Expand
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