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05/06/06
A Day Without A Mexican (2004)
30 %
Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 6 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 4.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: It seemed like just another day when the residents of California awoke from their peaceful slumber. The usual pink smog filled the air, creating a foggy haze over the mid-morning sunrise as the population rubbed their eyes, ready to face another...wait a minute, PINK smog? On further... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Yareli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan
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07/21/05
'Tiene la honestidad de ser una divertida y, por momentos compleja, denuncia de los maltratos y desprecio a los que son sometidos nuestros compatriotas en el extranjero'
04/04/05
For the first hour director Arau ... and his co-writer and wife, actress Arizmendi, negotiate the story's tricky mix of comedy, social satire and science fiction with surprising aplomb.
09/24/04
As many times you consider A Day Without a Mexican a crude and underdeveloped parody, there are moments that it vindicates itself with on-the-money situations.
09/17/04
The movie in its extended version is frequently muddled, emotionally messy, a little heavy-handed and misses the real opportunity presented by the new format.
09/16/04
A cheap-looking, one-joke movie that can't get any laughs even in its first telling.
06/09/04
The tone is often that of a preachy after-school special, down to the instructional messages that regularly flash across the screen.
06/04/04
Arau has expanded his satirical short from 1998 into one joke that he solemnly beats to death for 100 minutes.
06/03/04
A promising premise without a successful follow-through...vacillates between preachy tract and bland comedy.
05/25/04
An ambitious, hit-and-miss social satire that doesn't score as many direct hits as it should. But it lands enough punches to get its point across.
05/22/04
Top Critic
The film suffers from low-budget-and-looks-it production values and some ridiculous aspects of the plot, even for a fantasy like this.
05/18/04
This Day not only lacks Mexicans but also good acting, sharp storytelling and humor.
05/15/04
In tripling the original length, the film's delightfully pointed mockumentary aspects are combined with a pallid chain of sketched-in characters reacting to events.
05/14/04
Top Critic
A film content to let some mild comedy carry its straightforward message rather than trying to say something more profound.
05/14/04
Top Critic
A terrific premise is mangled to a pulp, then beaten to death in this forced mockumentary.
05/14/04
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