Critic Reviews
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Miami Herald
The intended satire doesn't deliver the kind of punch you may expect, but it nevertheless poses many what-ifs.
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| 50 |
Chicago Tribune
Achy Obejas
Never really moves beyond its premise. It never takes us to a place of real understanding.
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| 50 |
Dallas Observer
Using humor to make a serious point, Arau suggests that without the millions of Hispanics...life in the Golden State would screech to a halt.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
For the first hour director Arau and his co-writer and wife, actress Arizmendi, negotiate the story's tricky mix of comedy, social satire and science fiction with surprising aplomb.
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| 40 |
Variety
Darkly amusing idea delivers an early salvo that fades as the film swings across a range of styles and tones director Sergio Arau gamely tries to corral. Even at its half-realized level, pic will anger some as it amuses others.
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| 40 |
The Hollywood Reporter
Plenty of salient points to make in this satirical cautionary tale, there's still not enough to sustain the expanded running time.
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| 30 |
LA Weekly
A terrific premise is mangled to a pulp, then beaten to death in this forced mockumentary.
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| 30 |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Much of the humor is overly familiar, and the broader elements feel strained when it veers toward melodrama in its final third.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle
John McMurtrie
Doesn't know what it wants to be: either a goofball satire or a heavy-handed social-message movie.
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| 25 |
New York Post
Approach is too heavy-handed to have much effect. Rod Serling probably could have turned the premise into an enjoyable episode of "The Twilight Zone."
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| 20 |
Austin Chronicle
Its narrative conceit will entertain for a while, but eventually you will long to disappear with the rest of the Mexicans.
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