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88Gandolfini's fans expect something quirky whenever he shows up, and they'll get what they've bargained for.
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82The plot that propels them (Pitt, Roberts) along separate story lines is both unusually character-driven and a hoot.
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78Plenty of killings abound, nevertheless the film is a masterful -- albeit warped -- love-story-cum-road-movie that revolves around three of the most invigorating performances of the year.
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75Gandolfini comes in from left field and provides a character with dimensions and surprises, bringing out the best in Roberts. Their dialogue scenes are the best reason to see the movie.
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75Lively acting and stylish directing make this an engaging comedy-drama, although its attitude toward guns and violence is disconcertingly romantic.
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75Surprisingly enjoyable.
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75For a Hollywood studio movie, you see, The Mexican is remarkably strange and eccentric with a plot like a wrinkled bed sheet and a black comic sensibility that consistently swerves away from the cliches that have been established in this Age of Tarantino.
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75Together, the two of them (Pitt, Roberts) are cute as a bug.
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70Like many of his recent films, The Mexican would be an independent movie if Pitt, not to mention the queen of popcorn cinema, weren't part of the picture. This is not your typical star vehicle.
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63This violently comic caper has some spunky charm going for it -- but has a lot of self-consciously hip, studied wackiness going against it.
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60Apparently intended as a larky, character-driven adventure with dark underpinnings, this attenuated road movie was originally envisioned as a vehicle for relative unknowns, and might have worked better that way.
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60The movie's biggest strength is a story that refuses to quit and almost makes sense within its own screwball logic.
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60An intensely whimsical shaggy-dog crime story that ricochets between goofy violence and some endearing personal moments.
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60A seemingly mad dog periodically turns into a well-trained pet.
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58It's not the fault of "The Sopranos" charismatic, beefy star (Gandolfini) that he's an actor of such substance and quiet ardor as to make idle movie star ribbitting look frivolous.
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50Plays like a drawn-out outline of a better movie; no one got around to fleshing out the details or providing some soul.
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50Flails about desperately for a genre to call home.
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50Gandolfini, who skillfully fleshes out what's written as a one-joke character, comes close to pilfering The Mexican from the stars. Under the circumstances, that's not a huge accomplishment.
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50Thank God for James Gandolfini.
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50Superstars usually avoid movies this spiritless, and it's tough to believe anyone could read this script and fail to realize the movie wouldn't end up going anywhere.
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50Isolated offbeat moments aside, The Mexican mostly fires blanks.
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50The Mexican is its own worst enemy, consistently undermining its best efforts. The result is an over-long series of quirks, a film that's far less than the sum of its often amusing and ingenious parts.
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50A passably diverting entry in the Tarantino genre of splatter and yuks and soulfully bumbling hit men.
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40If The Mexican proves anything, it's that eccentric features need a particularly delicate touch to be successful. With a film like this, how close you come doesn't matter: Off by a little is as debilitating as off by a lot.
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40Can't lift the double curse of too little genuine action, as opposed to quixotic events, and too many fancy words.
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30He's (Gandolfini) the true star of the film, and his stardom is achieved in the most honest of ways, through the sheer brute force of his talent.
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30Undisciplined and overstuffed with enough surplus plot twists to make your neck ache, The Mexican affects the tousled look of a self-conscious indie.
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30Intermittently appealing, fundamentally dysfunctional action-comedy.
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30A dismaying dearth of romantic chemistry -- during their brief scenes together, the two (Pitt, Roberts) actually seem afraid to touch each other -- and we end up with a Frankenstein's monster of a movie: lots of interesting pieces cobbled together with all the stitches showing.
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20The entire movie looks as if it were processed in the toilet of a Tijuana jail cell. Shot by Dariusz Wolski in colors that are bleached out, over bright and flat, The Mexican is the ugliest-looking major studio release in recent memory.
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