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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Miami HeraldMarta BarberMiami HeraldMarta BarberThe camera work is impressive, his sense of humor sharp, and the characters are well defined. The story leaves something to be desired, but that doesn't mean you won't find situations or lines to enjoy in the comedy. [20 Oct 2006, p.G15]
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghBanned for many years in director/cowriter Alfonso Cuaron's native Mexico, his debut feature is a bawdy comedy that pivots on the comeuppance of a serial philanderer.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe women are all beautiful; and the camerawork - by Emmanuel Lubezki, who shot Terrence Malick's spectacular "The New World" - is eye-pleasing.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisWithout trivializing the disease, the film challenges AIDS' stigma (albeit for heterosexuals) at a moment when it was still considered a death sentence.
- 63Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThis sexy, often funny comedy about AIDS is missing one important thing: a crucial sense of danger.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Cuarón never quite finds the tone that would allow him to fuse belly laughs with the horror of illness and death, but then perhaps Pedro Almodóvar is the only filmmaker able to mix darkness and light in that way. Still it is hard not to admire the younger man's cheeky self-confidence, and hard not to enjoy the dexterity of his camera movements and the flair with which he attempts both low comedy and high melodrama.
- 40Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe film is more stale than crisp, with dialogue that is at least 50 percent old aphorisms, homilies, and clichés.