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  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary In this absurdist comedy, Rejtman, a master of dead-pan humor, once again gives life to endearingly obsessive characters, offers a unique and un-romanticized view of Buenos Aires, and builds a poetic coherence from apparently banal situations. (Cinema Tropical)

Directed By: Martín Rejtman

Written By: Martín Rejtman

  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Cinema Tropical
  • 1 h 30 m

The Magic Gloves

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary In this absurdist comedy, Rejtman, a master of dead-pan humor, once again gives life to endearingly obsessive characters, offers a unique and un-romanticized view of Buenos Aires, and builds a poetic coherence from apparently banal situations. (Cinema Tropical)

Directed By: Martín Rejtman

Written By: Martín Rejtman

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
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50% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
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50% Mixed
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17% Negative
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75
Only Rejtman's sharp eye for absurd detail and the bleakly subtle joke separates comedy from tragedy in this story of listless Bonaerenses chasing their own tails through successive drab rings of urban hell.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
63
He may earn his living as a cab driver, but the blank hero of Martín Rejtman's sardonic Argentinean comedy is perfectly content to hitch his way through life.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
Martin Rejtman's 1999 "Silvia Prieto" fashioned a deadpan farce from the aimless circulation of objects and identities around its unsmiling title character. The Magic Gloves, the Argentine writer-director's 2003 follow-up, is a similarly absurdist smart-com featuring another depressed protag navigating a yuppie Buenos Aires milieu.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
60
Sporadically charming and quite amusing, but torpidly paced.
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60
While the film suffers from a forced absurdity meant to invoke comedy and laughs along with a sluggish pacing, Rejtman captures the grim monotony of life well.
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A limp urban comedy not nearly as whimsical as its title.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rizoma Films, Pandora Filmproduktion, ARTE, Artcam International, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Hubert Bals Fund, ZDF Productions
Release Date Nov 8, 2006
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Clarín Entertainment Awards
• 1 Nomination
Nantes Three Continents Festival
• 1 Nomination

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