Innocent Voices 2005

Critics score:
71 / 100

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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: In the best parts of Innocent Voices, we experience both war's tragedy and its sometimes weird exhilaration -- with innocent clarity. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: The movie creates a sense of shame that is hard to shake. Read more

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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Innocent Voices is one of those movies whose heart is in the right place, but its treatment just feels wrong. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Mandoki, who with this film returns to the Spanish-speaking cinema after a string of Hollywood films, has brought a sure sense of the visual and taut construction to Innocent Voices. Read more

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Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: Director Mandoki has created a film with the gritty honesty of a documentary and the artistic masterstroke of a finely crafted cinematic piece. Read more

F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly: A howl of grief and outrage that all middle paths were torched in this tragic war. Read more

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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: This isn't only slightly simplistic politics, it's bad drama. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The many riveting moments will stay with you for days, and Padilla is well up to the task of carrying this intense story on his tiny shoulders. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Innocent Voices is an angry movie, and for good reason. Anything less serious would have been a gross injustice. Mandoki has given us a powerful motion picture. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Effective without being overwhelming. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: A movie with a long echo. Read more

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Claudia Puig, USA Today: A deeply moving and powerful film. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice: Innocent Voices is personal in the most limiting sense: a memoir of war-torn El Salvador presented -- with a heaping side of nostalgia -- from the perspective of someone too young to understand it. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The movie wastes no time pulling you in. Read more