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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for The Deadbolt (73) on 19 Jun 2008

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…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Jun 2008

The acting is impeccable, with Hernandez radiating an air of sleazy charm and Ochoa doing terrific work as a bitter man who's just lonely enough…

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By Larry Ratliff (323) for San Antonio Express-News (323) on 11 Jun 2008

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…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 22 May 2008

Zalla wants to know the point where boys become cynics, men become vultures, and the hardened become vulnerable…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 21 May 2008

Sangre De Mi Sangre could have done without a few plot coincidences and the film's relentless mean street look seems studied at times…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 15 May 2008

Zalla constructs a suspenseful movie with no intention of sugarcoating the daily hardships of New York's underclass…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 May 2008

Although it exhibits a heartfelt connection with the city's half-invisible population of illegal immigrants, its myriad inconsistencies and…

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By Samuel S (272) on 14 May 2008

One of the most depressing movies I've seen…

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By Mark Peikert (39) for New York Press (561) on 13 May 2008

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

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 13 May 2008

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,…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 May 2008

The result is contrived, but compelling--as is the movie's high-powered humanism…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 28 Apr 2008

Justifiably bleak, exquisitely acted drama of a Mexican teen who seeks his dad in New York only to find that a young man who befriended him…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 26 Jun 2007

First-time writer/director Christopher Zalla achieves a lot of physical and emotional tension with these precarious situations…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Mar 2007

Winner of the 2006 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Padre Nuestro unfortunately lives down to the dubious nature (with a few notable exceptions)…

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By Zack Haddad (29) for Film Threat (5,156) on 03 Feb 2007

It will be interesting to watch the career of this director unfold, particularly because of his strong start…

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By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 30 Jan 2007

Ochoa is such a masterful actor that he makes things fairly interesting despite the script, with Hernandez and Espindola well-cast as two young…

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