2.5/4

[Director Christopher] Zalla may have provided his characters with a overly constructed tragedy, but his eye for city life and his seeming gift with actors promises astute, generous work to come.

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06/20/08

N/A

There's nothing easy about Christopher Zalla's very good film, a story that will get under your skin in its depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream.

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06/20/08

3/4

[Director Christopher] Zalla keeps the tension high through a taut story rather than through manipulative, obtrusive thriller direction.

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06/19/08

8/10

A moving story combined with first rate acting and a great screenplay by a new, but determined, writer/director make this an indie film not to be missed. Modern film noir from the streets of Mexico to the streets of America.

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06/17/08

3/4

Zalla utilizes both the dark back streets of New York and the dark nature of some humans to weave an intoxicating tale of stolen identity and pilfered emotions.

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06/12/08

N/A

Plot flaws and all, we can be glad that the picture was made -- because of its acting.

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05/27/08

N/A

Sangre De Mi Sangre could have done without a few plot coincidences and the film's relentless mean street look seems studied at times. But the film's behavioral honesty pumps vibrant, undeniable life through every frame.

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05/22/08

3.5/5

Stands out from the recent wave of movies about the plight of immigrants coming to the United States...because it’s more suspenseful than heart-tugging.

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05/16/08

3/4

A suspenseful movie with no intention of sugarcoating the daily hardships of New York's underclass.

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05/16/08

C+

[Director] Zalla prefers to wallow in the dead-end, an approach that's initially powerful, then numbing.

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05/15/08

4/5

A gritty and poignant Mexican drama about the search for family.

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05/15/08

2/6

Mostly, this smacks of instaguilt artificiality: as if Luis Buñuel wrote Los Olvidados during a cushy, latte-infused stay at Robert Redford’s ski lodge.

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05/14/08

N/A

To write Sangre off as an unglamorous fairytale devalues what screenwriter/director Zalla achieves.

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05/14/08

3/4

An intriguing, if flawed mystery set in the shadowy subterranean world of undocumented Mexican immigrants.

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05/14/08

N/A

Sangre de Mi Sangre stacks up as an original achievement in its own chosen genre, that of the troubled immigrant in a land of advertised promise, who too often is inflicted with pain and exploitation.

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05/14/08

4/5

Boils down an unforgiving world into a constant battle between generosity and self-interest, trust and betrayal.

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05/14/08