Rotten
Reygadas' jagged, broken-logic drama lurches from fantasy to earthbound complications, though it is often hard to tell one from the other.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Overview
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complimentary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The result calls for a viewing as different as looking at a Vermeer against Rothko or de Kooning or multiple other modern painters.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
Along with Bela Tarr and Terrence Malick, Carlos Reygadas is one of today's few genuinely religious filmmakers.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
Fresh
Moviegoers beholden to clean narrative may feel they need their own explanatory GPS and audio guide. But the richer reward lies in allowing oneself to be led by this gifted director's instinct for lyrical, sensory exploration.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
This one delivers a grand pictorialism and piercing existential moments that float atop the maundering narrative like noodles in soup.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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