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Movie Overview
Cast
John Leguizamo
Leonor Watling
Alfred Molina
Director
Sebastian Cordero
MPAA Rating
R - violence, a scene of sexuality, and language
Cronicas (2005)
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OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh
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B+
"a gritty story about a reporter who gets carried away by his ego while he believes he is pursuing the greater good"
AboutFilm.com
Carlo Cavagna
2/4
"...thoroughly underwhelming and surprisingly dull."
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
"Goes beyond both the fashionable serial-killer thriller and the equally current consideration of oxymoronic media morality."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
B+
"A sharp, intelligent film.... Who'd have thought an Ecuadorian film would have so much to say about modern American journalism?"
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
3.5/4
"Sebastián Cordero puede respirar tranquilo. Ha seguido su impactante primera película
Ratas, Ratones y Rateros
con una aún mejor."
Doncinema.com
Flavio J. Arosemena
B-
"An uneven film that's nevertheless genuinely disturbing."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
2/4
"For a film shot in Ecuador,
Crónicas
feels curiously American in design."
Slant Magazine
Jeremiah Kipp
'3'
"This is not Hollywood filmmaking, and if it were not for the familiar and likable face of Leguizamo, the average Saturday night filmgoer would be clawing at the door."
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
2.5/5
"full review in Greek"
Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis
B-
"Cordero paints his villain with more points to ponder than his protagonist. "
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
3/5
"A vivid image of mundane life one shock away from collapse."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
2.5/4
"Leguizamo has played sidekicks. With
Cronicas
he seems looks for a meatier part."
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
C-
"[Helmer] Cordero tries to humanize his monster and, as such, takes the wind out of
Cronicas’s
sails."
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
B
"The hit-and-run destructiveness of the rapacious media is nothing new, but Cordero gives his cynical take a unique setting and a queasy climax."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
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