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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Read more
Loren King, Chicago Tribune: A clever, original thriller that bows to no genre. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Thought-provoking and stylish, if also somewhat hermetic. Read more
Ted Shen, Chicago Reader: Far-fetched premise, convoluted plot, and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It has Mamet's cool, philosopher's finesse, but none of Borges's fun. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A sharp brainteaser of a film, a compelling mind game you compulsively play along with. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Sleek and arty. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Nothing if not hip, but its questions are more coffee-shop hypothetical than genuinely profound. Read more
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: Although Sam's concentration camp backstory flirts with tastelessness, Mr. Fresnadillo charges Intacto with enough well-visualized oddity and surrealism to keep it interesting. Read more
Mark Olsen, L.A. Weekly: Writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I admired Intacto more than I liked it, for its ingenious construction and the way it keeps a certain chilly distance between its story and the dangers of popular entertainment. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: An intellectual exercise, but with not much intellect and too much exercise. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: The casting of von Sydow ... is itself Intacto's luckiest stroke. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Intacto's focus on arcane bylaws allows for little emotional or moral impact. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: It's to be hoped that Fresnadillo, having gotten his boyhood experience out of his system, will marshal his impressive gifts to create stories of considerably less preposterous and insular appeal. Read more