La mission 2009

Scott Tobias, AV Club: La Mission feels more like Sundance fodder from 20 or 25 years ago than something with much relevance today. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The warmth comes through, even if the storytelling is simplistic and cliched. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: Benjamin Bratt brings his A-game to a difficult, potentially cliched role. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: The movie might suffice on late-night cable, but it is hardly worth big-screen prices. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Observing the phases both father and son endure as they try to forgive and prioritize in order to survive makes La Mission a poignant and unusual film, one that you won't soon forget. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I don't require acceptance and reconciliation, and La Mission is forthright in avoiding easy answers. But does the screenplay shortchange Che by painting him more broadly at the film's end than he seemed at the beginning? Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The problem is that the screenplay to La Mission should never have gone before the cameras in this condition. Read more

Kevin B. Lee, Time Out: Bratt's performance suggests enough subcutaneous rage to give the proceedings an edge, even when the sluggish narrative takes the slow-cruise ethos of its low-rider culture far too literally at times. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: As subtle as a face-punch, La Mission nobly continues a necessary conversation about homophobia, but paves the way to hell with its own good intentions. Read more