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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerDirector Marie Losier ... chronicles the wrestler’s twilight years with affection, humor and gravitas.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThis effervescent picture has an often infectious underground-movie aesthetic.
- 80The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard Brody[Losier] revels in Cassandro’s offstage charisma and in his acrobatic artistry while also revealing the authentic violence of the sport’s blatant artifice.
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert Abele“Cassandro,” which recalls the grabbed verve of a ‘60s-era verité snapshot, charts the reluctant dimming of this extravagant icon with affectionate energy and lasting poignance.
- 63Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneIt wouldn’t be fair to call the film hagiographic, but the director’s empathy, if not love, for her subject hinders her from examining Cassandro’s wounds with much depth.