Maria Full of Grace

Name: Maria Full of Grace
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: July 16, 2004
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 87
Cast: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez

2004

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Universal acclaim based on 39 Critics

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 176 Ratings

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MARIA FULL OF GRACE

Movie Details & Credits

Fine Line Features | Release Date: July 16, 2004

Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez

Summary: This film follows a bright, gutsy young woman on a life-changing -- and life-threatening -- odyssey from Colombia to New York, weaving a gripping narrative of risk, determination and survival. (Fine Line Features)

Director: Joshua Marston

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Awards & Rankings

8	#8 Best Movie of 2004

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100

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

Disturbing. It is impossible to sit through Maria Full of Grace and not be affected by the circumstances of the characters. For that, the credit must go to Marston and his actors. Read full review

100

San Francisco Chronicle - Ruthe Stein

A revelatory independent film whose moments of incredible sadness are offset by the same state of grace that blesses its astonishing title character. Read full review

100

The New York Times - Stephen Holden

Sustains a documentary authenticity that is as astonishing as it is offhand. Even when you're on the edge of your seat, it never sacrifices a calm, clear-sighted humanity for the sake of melodrama or cheap moralizing. Read full review

Baltimore Sun - Chris Kaltenbach

The true heartbreak of Maria Full of Grace is that it never comes. Read full review

New York Post - Megan Lehmann

More than a ripped-from-the- headlines drug drama, Maria Full of Grace is like a horror movie made real. Read full review

Chicago Reader - Jonathan Rosenbaum

The depiction of her risky voyage and what happens afterward is highly suspenseful and entirely believable. Read full review

Empire - Angie Errigo

Not for anyone with a sensitive gag reflex. Joshua Marston provides a harrowing depiction of drug- muling for dummies. The raw, revolting, dangerous details of such an undertaking are graphic. Read full review

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markg.

Jan 10, 2006

Brilliant on every level.

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carmend.

Oct 13, 2005

This was one of the best movies I ever sw in all my life it's great.

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ClaudiaT.

Oct 31, 2005

One of the best movies I've ever seen.

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JeffM.

Aug 14, 2006

Not a "thriller" in the traditinoal genre sense, yet Maria's journey had me on the edge of my seat throughout.

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mapizarro

Jun 30, 2013

One the best films from Colombia, together with "Our Lady of the Assassins" or "The Little Roses Girl". Great début for Catalina Sandino. It's truth all about tragic destiny to these South American girls. Great film!

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Ryan

Feb 20, 2007

Great, captivating.

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Paramilitary400

May 17, 2015

This movie is alright but it is nothing spectacular or riveting. The main actress is an unknown actress not an A list actress. Also the storyline of the movie is univolving when it is supposed to be involving. Trainspotting and Requiem For A Dream can be compared to this movie. However bothThis movie is alright but it is nothing spectacular or riveting. The main actress is an unknown actress not an A list actress. Also the storyline of the movie is univolving when it is supposed to be involving. Trainspotting and Requiem For A Dream can be compared to this movie. However both of those movies are ingeniously structured, realistic and unique in their visions. 87 for a score on this site was ridiculous for this movie. I watched this movie once after buying the movie, then I discarded the DVD. I wouldn't watch this movie again because it has no popular actors and the movie is subtitled with the actors speaking in Spanish. It is very agitating to watch a movie in Spanish when you want the actors to be speaking English. If this movie was an American release with talented actors this would have been a masterpiece. This movie is no masterpiece, it isn't even a passable movie on the 1 to 10 scale. Requiem should have had an 87 score because the movie is flawless without a single moment or idea squandered, ditto for Trainspotting.… Expand

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