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47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings

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  • Starring: Andy Garcia, Inés Sastre
  • Summary: Andy Garcia stars and makes his directorial debut in a passionate and historical tribute to his native Cuba. (Magnolia Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    The movie evokes that long-ago world carefully and with a certain poetry; it was shot in the Dominican Republic. There is a lot of music, much of it from the period and performed by the same musicians or their successors.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    60
    A handsome production but one that struggles to integrate its various elements -- cabaret-society glamour, intellectual fervor, family drama, impossible romance and droll humor.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    38
    The lower orders seem to have been left out of The Lost City -- there just aren't any poor characters -- which for a movie about a workers' revolution seems downright slipshod.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 32
  3. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. AmyB.
    10
    Mr Garcia i loved this movie, What a moving love story. I love Cuban food, music,culture and you really captured it all . I have been to Cuba, its sad what happened their.… Expand
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  2. RobertI.
    5
    Beautiful, elegiac, too long, sometimes too sentimental, but evocative of a place now lost.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MarkS.
    3
    Descended into self-parody. Interesting idea, some nice music, and scattered effective scenes, but the execution often left one squirming. Reminiscent of high school drama or (at some points) a beer commercial. The romance was as hot as an animal cracker. Clunky political dialogue on all sides. Bill Murray looked like he walked onto the wrong set. And where was the editor?… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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