Blossoms of Fire Reviews
Film Journal International
While Blossoms of Fire avoids the fluff and sensationalism of an Elle article, it is by no means the last word on Zapotec culture.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
While the subject is potentially fascinating, [director] Gosling's unfocused, sluggish film is a case study in missed opportunities.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Top CriticMaureen Gosling's documentary aims to demythologize the Zapotec people of Juchitán, a town on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southeastern Mexico.
Comment | Original Score: 3/5
She doesn't always find a way into the inner lives of these people, but even the outer lives are something to see.
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| Original Score: A-
Proceeding respectfully, with a measure of skepticism, Maureen Gosling and Ellen Osborne's doc doesn't exactly crumple but loses momentum through vagueness.
Boxoffice Magazine
... Gosling's film borrows Herzog's taste for the unfamiliar and exotic without its concomitant saving grace: his wry cynicism.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Film Threat
I've never seen so many fat women in a single movie.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Gosling's documentary proves to be a worthwhile effort.
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| Original Score: B
Gosling's schoolmarmish narration betrays the filmmakers' awestruck naivete toward the culture, which they seem to consider some sort of matriarchal utopia.
Austin Chronicle
Blossoms of Fire is a bright, amiable chronicle of the vivid lives of the women of Juchitan ...
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
