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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenSome of the pieces in its jigsaw puzzle are too fragmentary, and there's a sense of racing against time to fill in the blanks. Yet the movie's even-handed portrayal of two cultures uneasily transacting the most personal business resonates with truth.
- 63PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyHobbled by weak argumentation, a character who winds up a complete muddle, and Sayles’s inclination to romanticize Latin American revolutionary types, Casa is as mixed an effort as the filmmaker has essayed in some time. [October 2003, p. 18]
- 60TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThis wisp of a movie turns out to be more thoughtfully affecting than many a more high-flying film.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe screenplay's clutchy banter (interspersed with arias of teary confession) feels distinctly Oprah, but Sayles extracts unexpected life from his wooden setups.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThere is often not enough space for all these personalities to truly play out. They tend to become types rather than people, representatives of classes and points of view more than individual human beings.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThe women are terrific -- they know a thing or two about modulating pathos -- and watching them is a pleasure, even if the lines they're speaking sound like those of a world-worried, first-time playwright.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt's too big an ensemble to provide enough back story for each player. But Sayles doesn't give his characters easily digestible labels, like "kook" or "pathetic loser."
- 40New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerThe cast…is first-rate, but each is given a single note to play.
- 30VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyAn entirely schematic treatise on maternity and conflicting cultures. A subject perhaps far more suited to documentary treatment, this numbingly earnest effort will be a laborious delivery for IFC.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttCasa feels like a miss. The digging into each of these women's lives stays shallow and seldom uncovers anything unexpected.