Hampton makes a moving job of it, with top-notch cinematography and heartfelt performances.
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05/14/04
Imagining Argentina (2003)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:4
Rotten:8
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set in the magical backdrop of Buenes Aires, Argentina, IMAGINING ARGENTINA features an all-star cast that includes sultry Latin lover Antonio Banderas and esteemed British actress Emma Thompson.... [More]
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Ruben Blades, Maria Canals
Director: Christopher Hampton
Reviews for Imagining Argentina
1 - 14 (sorted by fresh rating; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe power of the film is its roots in official truths which are already melting away.
04/28/04
Top CriticWell-intentioned but awkwardly executed.
04/23/04
Top CriticIt's maddening that the film is so weak, because there's a touching and seriously important story here that should have been told with power, honesty and humanity.
01/30/04
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03/09/04
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06/24/06
Top CriticGimmicky, pat, and just a tad too brutal at times, Imagining Argentina is a powerful statement rendered oddly ineffectual by a consistent desire to avoid controversy.
11/30/05
Hampton's mixing of thriller and love story, cinematic coincidence and historical fact makes this film flawed but fascinating.
07/16/04
Despite its flaws, the film does the job in helping us imagine what that must be like for relatives and friends left behind.
08/20/04
...fidgety and incomplete, as though either poorly conceived or poorly re-edited after the fact.
06/10/04
It's sad to see a film which, despite fine work in the various craft departments, fails to succeed on the most basic level.
06/29/04
Top CriticThe concept takes magical realism to a reductive, overtly literal level, trivializing the subject and the people the film tries so hard to memorialize.
06/10/04
Top CriticHonorable, but highly flawed, production.
02/17/04
Like Life Is Beautiful before it, Imagining Argentina juxtaposes horrific images of torture and humiliation against gooey optimism and thinks it's saying something profound about human resilience in the process.
06/10/04
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