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The Matador
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56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Elena Oumano
    70
    The Matador reserves judgment while raising the core issue concerning this traditional ritual: deep, poetic cultural expression or glorified animal cruelty?
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    The Matador is rightly exciting -- and unsettling.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    70
    Barbaric, elegant, primitive, erotic, revolting, thrilling: the movie, like bullfighting itself, is all of these.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    Mostly The Matador romanticizes a brutal tradition that has no place in the 21st century.
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