También la lluvia 2011

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Senes of Columbus's arrival and of his imperialist and religious sloganeering, and of the carnage he wreaks, have a grandeur and a force reminiscent of Terrence Malick films. The segments about the chaotic water riots have a documentary immediacy. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: "Even the Rain" does have its pretensions, along with its ambitions, but it also illustrates film's power. Read more

Sam Adams, AV Club: There's a rueful, knowing quality to the moments when Bernal's character puts the film above all else, blinded to the fact that his pursuit jeopardizes the ideals he means to enshrine. Read more

Loren King, Boston Globe: An ambitious mix of politics, religion, art, and human drama. Read more

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: Director Iciar Bollain remains such an extraordinary director of actors that in every scene some surprising nuance counters the literalism of the script. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: There are, inevitably, a couple of riveting moments mixed in with the agitprop. Read more

Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter: A splendid film about a movie crew blindsided by the real world. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Shuffling ideas from "Fitzcarraldo" and "Dances With Wolves" yields the cinematic equivalent of a term paper for Imperialism 101 in "Even the Rain." Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Even the Rain strikes a deep and resonant chord. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The performance by Luis Tosar as the producer is confident and sturdy. Gael Garcia Bernal, as the director, is wimpy and not clearly defined, but that's in the nature of the character. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "Even the Rain" is that irresistible thing - a movie about the making of a movie - combined with a bit of a history and a political message. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: When a film opens with a dedication to the late Howard Zinn, a proudly radical historian, you know you're in for a spell of progressive, populist storytelling. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Despite the whiff of a Hollywood ending, "Even the Rain" is a refreshing import. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: A film within a film within a film, Even the Rain holds up a hall of mirrors to the Third World and invites us to look in. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: Bollain and Laverty offer a cutting, self-critical analysis of their medium while finding an honest and effective perspective on history... Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: The most outstanding performance comes from Aduviri, an indigenous Aymara from Bolivia, who was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at Spain's Oscars, the Goyas. Read more

Jonathan Holland, Variety: A powerful, richly layered indictment of the plight of Latin America's dispossessed that cunningly parallels the Spanish conquest of the Americas with the 20th-century spread of capitalism, Iciar Bollain's fifth feature is her most ambitious and best. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: Director Iciar Bollain mixes Even the Rain's various storytelling modes with an obviousness that ultimately negates enlightening intellectual or emotional discovery. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Telling an old story in a new way and infusing what might have been a dry political polemic with poetry, passion and unlikely warmth. Read more