an impressive film debut
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04/23/01
Amores Perros (2001)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:101
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: The brutality of Amores Perros may be difficult to watch at times, but this intense, gritty film packs a hard wallop.
Reviews for Amores Perros
Definitely fierce and most definitely human.
04/20/01
Has the patience to glean real emotions from surreal situations and the intelligence not to offer up fake closure.
04/20/01
An invigorating film, without a doubt.
04/19/01
You know you're in the hands of a gifted storyteller.
04/19/01
[The] sense that even hair-trigger lives, always poised on the edge of self-destructive lunacy, deserve to be sympathetically understood is Amores Perros' redeeming grace.
04/18/01
Top CriticFor those willing to submit to its terrible charms, it may be the single most important debut to come out of the Americas in years.
04/16/01
Just keeps coming at you, switching characters, tones, and rhythms to keep you off-guard.
04/16/01
Ferocious and beautiful.
04/13/01
Energetic and powerful, Amores Perros captures the surreal culture clashes of Mexico City to the beat of contemporary sounds, from salsa to Mexican rock.
04/13/01
González Iñárritu spares no detail in his telling, creating an ambitious, starkly realistic movie that just happens to be way too long.
04/13/01
It finds the human beauty that spills out of the knife wounds.
04/13/01
Amores Perros is more than just a strong debut; it's good, gritty filmmaking.
04/13/01
An exhilarating debut.
04/13/01
The work of a born filmmaker.
04/13/01
Top CriticThe raw, propulsive vigor of Inarritu's dances of death on the streets of Mexico City mark him as a director who's suddenly very much on the cinematic map.
04/13/01
Never fails to be smart, engaging, audacious and haunting.
04/12/01
The cinematic equivalent of a one-two gut punch. In a good way, that is.
04/12/01
Ablaze with a raft of vital portrayals and rich in meaning and implication.
04/12/01
Top CriticAn overpowering and original piece of bravura filmmaking that constitutes one of the most breathtaking and impressive directing debuts in years.
04/12/01
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