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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAlthough not what American studios generally mean by "family fare," this drama is actually excellent family viewing -- it both opens a window onto another culture and, through Antonio, speaks the universal language of teen angst.
- 40Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallA dull film, inspired by a true story.
- 40VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellDebuting helmer Vicente Amorim provides a determined forward movement, which, while lacking in cultural explanation, gives the saga uplift and punch.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWants to be both a realistic family drama and a mythical odyssey but lacks the substance to be much more than a vignette.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIn the depiction of this unlikely journey -- it is supposedly based on a real-life story -- the film awkwardly veers between naturalism and a striving for poetic myth.
- 30Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonDirector Vicente Amorim's dramatic instincts evoke after-school specials (most of the drama entails the clan's brooding teenager chomping at the parental bit), and his visual ideas are restricted to aping "City of God's" fish-eye ambience and hectic editing.
- 30The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsWhen they (the family) arrive at their destination, the story arrives at an ending that's neither obvious nor interesting, kind of like the film leading up to it.