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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?
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    70
    Barbaric, elegant, primitive, erotic, revolting, thrilling: the movie, like bullfighting itself, is all of these.
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  3. 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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