Review of Amores Perros (2000) by Craig K — 30 May 2009

I liked this more than 21 Grams or Babel, the director's other two films, but if that sounds like I'm damning it with faint praise, it should. There's a great kinetic and raw energy to this, but it soon becomes apparent that it's all style with no substance to it.

The stories feel disconnected, the jumbled timeline pointless, and it all adds up to a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing. It's less pretentious than his later work, and parts are pretty slickly entertaining, but that's about the best I can really say about it.

Ultimately, it just feels like am empty exercise in style for its own sake.