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Solas

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Solas reviews
75
7.5 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Benito Zambrano

Directed by: Benito Zambrano

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 8, 2000
DVD: August 12, 2003

Running Time: 98 minutes, Color

Origin: Spain

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring Ana Fernández, María Galiana, Paco De Osca, and Carlos Álvarez-Novoa

When her husband becomes ill and needs an operation, a provincial Spanish woman moves in with her estranged adult daughter in an unfamiliar city.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

90

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Alternately heart-wrenching, dismaying, raw and even funny, Solas is ultimately a wonderfully warm and embracing experience.

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90

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Galiana's quietly monumental performance is one for the ages.

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88

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

A beautifully acted and deeply compassionate study of ordinary people coping with the vicissitudes of life.

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88

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Unsparing and uplifting - a wickedly difficult combination to pull off, but one that gives the film an emotional weight that's impossible to dismiss.

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88

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

A simple story that resonates deeply, largely thanks to the actors' ability to invest it with inner life.

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80

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

As a tactfully quiet story of mother-daughter estrangement and psychic rescue, Solas can hardly fail to excite the longing so many of us have to right domestic wrongs.

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80

Village Voice Leslie Camhi

The fierce rigor of María Galiana's performance keeps this film from ever falling into sentimentality.

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75

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Splendidly acted, sensitively directed.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Zambrano shows an impressive sensitivity toward his actors and their characters and never allows hopelessness to quash hope in this lovely film.

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75

Miami Herald Marta Barber

Digs deep into the roots of female fortitude.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

An extraordinary and heartfelt film.

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70

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Despite a melodramatic score that at times seems almost facetious, the movie's tone is sober and sincere, its unlikely ending persuasive.

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67

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

After all of its sadness, a tender redemptive glow.

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63

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A lovely, intelligent film from Spain about recognizable human beings with real-life problems.

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60

TV Guide Ken Fox

The acting is superb.

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50

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Fernandez is excellent as the maladjusted daughter, but the film's heart and soul is embodied in Galina's noble, understated performance.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Amurabi M. gave it a6:
call this intimist cinema not escapism. this movie is so intimate that it feels claustrophobic. zambrano´s movie is so splendidly acted than naturalism feels very close. but it feels like copied from another. it feels like a cynic tearjerker despite all its achievements.

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