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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: The sports-as-savior theme is an old one, but this confident movie, alternately volatile and tender, coats its cliches in winningly natural performances and Enrique Aular's kinetic photography. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: Scoring goals in soccer is hard. Hermano earns its points too easily. Read more
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: The over-the-top opening, which evokes baby Moses in the bulrushes, indicates grand ambitions, but unfortunately the gritty realism of Rasquin's cinematic style is just camouflage for another cliched sports flick. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: "Hermano" is well-trod acreage, but there's a vitality here that's easy to appreciate. Read more
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: Rasquin's cinema verite style brings power to the story, and he has coaxed some good performances out of his leads. Read more