| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray |
"A kinetic, overcrowded fever-dream of Mexico." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"(Robert) Rodriguez is the one-man band of contemporary filmmakers..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"Though this wild and woolly movie will please its core audience well enough, Rodriguez has the chops to do much more." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...a badly handicapped movie." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...the story draaags on." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Aaron Lazenby |
"...sloppy as it is, Once Upon a Time in Mexico somehow manages to remain fun for most of its 97 minutes." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Jean Oppenheimer |
"...highly entertaining." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"Rodriguez pumps his film full of memorable action set pieces..." more... |
B |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"The only thing missing is a coherent story — or even, for that matter, an interesting idea for one." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a mess of a movie that nevertheless entertains..." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"You don't want to miss Depp in this movie -- he knocks it out of the park." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...excellent..." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a rotten movie..." more... |
D |
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