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- 2019
- Not Rated
- Shudder
- 1 h 23 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Shudder
- 1 h 23 m
Summary A group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes run from the ghosts that haunt them and the cartel that murdered their parents.
Written By: Issa López
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Shudder
- 1 h 23 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Shudder
- 1 h 23 m
Tigers Are Not Afraid
76
7.1
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Summary A group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes run from the ghosts that haunt them and the cartel that murdered their parents.
Written By: Issa López
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
76
90% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
76
90% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The film is replete with unforgettable images, stellar performances all up and down the cast, and genuinely original and thoughtful revisions of expected tropes.
The filmmaker has such a strong command of mood, character and performances – especially impressive given the age of her cast – that her world quickly, seductively overwhelms.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 User Ratings
7.1
70% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
30% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 User Ratings
7.1
70% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
30% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Ενα στοιχειωτικό παραμύθι τρόμου που εξελίσσεται με υπόβαθρο τον ολέθριο ναρκωπόλεμο του Μεξικού. Το φίλμ ακολουθεί μια ομάδα ορφανών παιδιών, οπλισμένων με τρείς μαγικές ευχές, που τρέχουν να ξεφύγουν απο τα φαντάσματα που τους κυνηγούν και το καρτέλ που σκότωσε τους γονείς τους.
Η δημιουργός Issa López δημιουργεί εναν κόσμο που θυμίζει τα πρώτα φίλμ του Guillermo del Toro, εμπλουτισμένα με την δική της αστική εκδοχή στον μαγικό ρεαλισμό, μια μοναδική εμπειρία που οι θεατές δεν θα ξεχάσουν εύκολα.
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"Tigers Are Not Afraid" was a movie where it was shown that Mexican cinema still has good things to show, a good story, good plot and good characters, and this movie is not the exception. The story as well as dark and raw is fascinating, and the performances are captivating, a jewel of the few views in current Mexican cinema.
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López’s fairy tale is one seeking to remind us of an innocence not yet stripped clean.
By telling this story through the children’s eyes with a magical-realism element, López makes the tragically unthinkable somehow more palatable.
At its best, López’s movie has that del Toro signature style, and she also proves herself a deft director of children, another element she shares in common with the Oscar winner.
Thematically underdeveloped yet pleasingly creepy, Tigers Are Not Afraid balances its mild terrors with appealing moments of childish creativity.
It never resolves its commingling of the fanciful and the mundane into a particularly coherent argument about the legacy of trauma.
Despite an occasionally choppy narrative, this Mexican smart horror offering serves up a creepy fairy tale-like story set against the landscape of the nation's current drug wars and what they're doing to its population, especially children orphaned by the violence. The film's fine adolescent performers deliver excellent portrayals mature beyond their years, and the picture skillfully mixes a unique blend of fright, action and surprisingly salty humor. It's gratifying to see a film of this genre that successfully resists the temptation to sanitize its material, given its young cast members, but sensitive viewers should nevertheless beware that director Issa Lopez holds little back (though, thankfully, without becoming gratuitous or grotesque). Fans of smart horror releases are sure to enjoy this offering, a work reminiscent of the early films of Guillermo del Toro, gritty but not gross and eminently entertaining.
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(Mauro Lanari)
It would have been better if Issa López had avoided the similarities with the magical realism of her countryman del Toro.
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Awards
Mexican Cinema Journalists
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
Screamfest
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
