Review of Gringo (2018) by Sarah Ward for Concrete Playground — 11 Jun 2018

Overblown, unfunny, messy and meandering.

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This review of Gringo (2018) was written by Sarah Ward and published by Concrete Playground on 11 Jun 2018.

Gringo has generally received mixed reviews.

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