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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamA daring, free-spirited and ultimately moving performance by Benjamin Bratt lies at the beating heart of Pinero.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIchaso moves easily between a black-and-white past and a full-color present, maintaining a pace as buoyant and rhythmic as the beat of the infectious Latin music that accompanies the film.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIt is a career-defining performance that could catapult the 37-year-old actor beyond bland romantic leads and into the kinds of juicy anti-heroic parts once gobbled up by Mr. Hoffman and Robert De Niro.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezA biopic that is as messy as the life it details.
- 40Film ThreatMichael DequinaFilm ThreatMichael DequinaBratt's fast-talking, all-attitude interpretation is showboating without soul -- which can be said of the entire movie.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA well-intentioned, reverential but unenlightening portrait. It pays tribute to the artist. Yet it doesn't scrutinize him.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe main drawback is Claudio Chea's vertiginous camera work -- and the print's continual alternations between black-and-white and color add nothing but a distracting ornamentation.
- 30Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThere's a strong movie in this life, but writer-director Leon Ichaso ("Sugar Hill") hasn't found it.
- 20VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyHectic, sketchy and finally dull.