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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Shot in the style of a documentary, which lends the movie an aura of utter realism, Maria Full of Grace derives an unsettling power from the clinical details of Maria's ordeal. Read more
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Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: Takes a simple story and molds it into something eloquent and menacing. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: With its sharp eye for telling details Maria Full of Grace often has the feel of the very best documentaries. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... one of the best movies of the year. Read more
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: The fact that [Moreno's] Maria is so believable, so compelling, rests entirely on what she brings to the part, not what the part brings to her. Her face is the kind that can carry a movie on the strength of sheer screen presence. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Maria Full of Grace has a power that doesn't announce itself until it's over: You leave not wanting to give up on life, just resentful of the world we live in. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Both artistically and spiritually itself full of grace. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: This American-directed, Spanish-language movie metes out the dramatic and authentic with a measured, believable grace. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Unfolds with a simplicity that's as breathtaking as its inevitability is harrowing. Read more
Leah McLaren, Globe and Mail: Provides a moving critique of the heroin trade as well as a powerful portrait of an unjust global economy in which the lives of the poor are exploited and often discarded for the recreational purposes of the rich. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: A tense, immediate, no-frills drama about desperate choices made under desperate circumstances, and the consequences of those choices. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Thrillingly subjective, teeming with the fullness of everyday proletarian life that one finds in the work of the directors who most influenced Marston in the making of this movie: Hector Babenco and the Brazilian realists, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: The unalloyed earnestness with which Marston tells his story, the frankness of that story and the insistently powerful performance of Catalina Sandino Moreno make Maria one of the more noteworthy debuts in recent filmmaking. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It has a respect for the cultures it observes, and a nice sense of place. But it has no compelling character. It might have in real life. But on the screen she's as diluted as the drugs she helps to sell. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: It breathes life into a small story that has larger ramifications. It also shows that America, as represented by Jackson Heights, is still the promised land for people about whom movies are rarely made. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Sustains a documentary authenticity that is as astonishing as it is offhand. Even when you're on the edge of your seat, it never sacrifices a calm, clear-sighted humanity for the sake of melodrama or cheap moralizing. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: It is the most amazing first film I have seen in a long time. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Marston's compact, personal film doesn't judge his Maria, it merely observes her, explains her and humanizes a dark corner of a dirty business. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's a brilliant motion picture, not only because of the meticulous detail used in presenting the process from start to finish, but because of the clarity with which Marston develops the characters. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Maria Full of Grace is an extraordinary experience for many reasons, including, oddly, its willingness to be ordinary. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: We don't endorse anything Maria does, but we have to applaud her courage. And we applaud Marston's courage for telling it like it is. Read more
Susan Walker, Toronto Star: One of the most viscerally felt films of the year. Read more
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: [An] unpretentious and straightforward film. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Women like Maria definitely exist, and Marston's fascinating cautionary tale rings terrifyingly true. Read more
David Rooney, Variety: Marston's strikingly confident debut maintains an unblinking focus and sustains an almost unbearable level of tension. Read more
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: It's a remarkably assured and humane feature debut. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A stunner of a film. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A gripping, deeply moving film. Read more