Review of El Norte (1983) by Matt Noller for Slant Magazine — 23 Jan 2009
El Norte deserves credit for being one of the first films to engage American cinema in a discourse on the immigrant experience, but its approach to the material—shallow, condescending, and hectoring—undermines its stabs at brutal realism.
You can read the full review where it was originally posted online.
This review of El Norte (1983) was written by Matt Noller and published by Slant Magazine on 23 Jan 2009.
El Norte has generally received very positive reviews.
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