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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: An average newspaper reporter can do a more artful, compassionate job with a drug-war story than this movie does. Read more
William Goss, MSN Movies: ...ultimately comes off as an empty piece of provocation. Read more
Scott Foundas, Variety: Much of what Heli has to say feels either obvious and/or exhausted by a raft of other recent narrative and documentary features. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: Although it obviously is made with some skill, it also is unrelentingly dire. Read more
Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly: The film's nihilism serves as a metaphor for the merciless death pit of Mexico's drug war, but not much else. Read more
Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter: The film's emotional and psychological threads resolve themselves less convincingly. Read more
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: A stunning piece of filmmaking. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A depiction of how violence and corruption, when left unchecked, taints saints and sinners alike, sparing no one. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Unmistakably, an angry film, an indictment of circumstances that seem to force a choice between impotence and homicide. Read more
David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: Director Amat Escalante and his gifted cinematographer Lorenzo Hagerman have crafted a powerful film that feels and looks a lot like Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning Traffic. Read more
Erik McClanahan, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The imagery is equal parts ugly and beautiful as the tale descends into a nightmare most could never conceive. Read more
Jon Frosch, The Atlantic: One of those skillfully crafted, unflinching works that nevertheless leaves you questioning what the point of all the queasiness might be. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: I'm not sorry I saw Heli, but the squeamish should know what they're in for. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: A dead-eyed, lyrical art film that kicks you in the throat. Read more