Hijo de la novia, El 2001

Critics score:
86 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It's fresh, funny, biting, fast-paced and reasonably perceptive about people and their problems. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Has the feel of an unedited personal journal. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: An entertaining quasi-critique of modern manners whose comedy arises out of its gravity -- and a winning performance by Ricardo Darin. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: A pleasant and sometimes heartwarming two hours' diversion. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Although a film of constant talk and little action, Son of the Bride maintains a brisk, buoyant pace and keeps us involved throughout its two-hour running time. Read more

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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Offers a quieter version of the midlife-crisis roller coaster. Read more

Mark Peranson, Globe and Mail: What starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: This is a sweet film, one not without a certain emotional intelligence and fleeting bursts of wit and humor. Read more

Jeff Stark, Salon.com: While it's not as fantastical as Amelie or as brutish as No Man's Land, it has something that neither of those movies have: a sort of measured everyday realism. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Son of the Bride manages to be affectionate without drawing too deeply from a well of sugar and schmaltz. Read more

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: It would seem that wherever there are middle-class, midlife crises to be suffered, there are movies to be made about those crises, and they somehow all manage to transcend their local trappings in favour of a kind of borderless emotional banality. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: One of the best films of the year. Read more

Eddie Cockrell, Variety: Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: The pivotal narrative point is so ripe the film can't help but go soft and stinky. Read more