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62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    Thoroughly wonderful.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Marta Barber
    75
    Don't try to figure Emilia's family out. Just sit back and let this family scrapbook move along.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Director-writer Pablo Tapero keeps the proceedings low-key and realistic. He doesn't hit you over the head with his ideas, yet he manages to say a lot about human nature.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    70
    Filmmaker Trapero, a proponent of the New Argentine Cinema, employs a minimalist naturalism to tell what is obviously a very personal story that, at the same time, is certain to elicit widespread sighs of familiarity.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    Rolling Family is not a movie of ideas but an emotional and tactile experience of economy-class travel. In surveying a large swath of the Argentine landscape, it could be a companion piece to "The Motorcycle Diaries."
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    60
    The film has humanity to burn, but its loose structure makes it hard to connect with the multiple characters.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    60
    This Argentinean comedy is short on plot and leisurely in its character development, though by the end it's become a modest and genial portrait of a dysfunctional family.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Esposito
    50
    The wedding site at the end of the road offers beautiful vistas overlooking Brazil, but it's hardly worth the trip.
  9. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Rob Nelson
    50
    The repeated sight of cute roadside animals and kissing cousins doesn't much enliven the long trip, and while Graciana Chironi lends humanity to the role of the white-shawl-wearing, high-blood-pressure-battling Gramma, the movie rarely if ever crosses the border between familiarity and surprise.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    50
    Still, after an hour and a half of exquisite photography and mushy action, audiences may well ask the unspoken question that plays across the faces of the Rolling Family clan right before the closing credits. Was it worth it?
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