Solidly engaging, supersized 2000 Mexican drama.
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Amores Perros (2001)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:101
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: The brutality of Amores Perros may be difficult to watch at times, but this intense, gritty film packs a hard wallop.
Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $4,856,342
Synopsis: AMORES PERROS is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives,... [More]
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12/27/07
... it is a hyperviolent movie against violence; a graphic portrayal of infidelity in the name of marriage; a tale of murderous sibling rivalry in the name of family.
09/20/07
Amores Perros signals the bold, audacious, fiercely human and ultra-violent feature directorial debut of Inarritu, a gifted Mexican director bound to make a mark on international cinema.
09/19/07
Gonzalez Inarritu's sinfully enjoyable epic roars in on a wave of blood, gunshots and dog barks.
07/23/07
One of the most honored and most expertly articulated Mexican films of recent years.
04/27/07
Top CriticRecalling Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction - but edgier than both - this is a hell of a first film. For all its bonecrunching savagery, it's also a fundamentally moral work.
02/09/06
It is that rarest of features that shows a deep understanding of people, truly cinematic storytelling technique and brilliantly choreographed fight and chase scenes.
12/06/05
A harrowing, powerful and often disturbing movie about three seemingly unrelated stories that collide after one horrific car accident in Mexico City.
12/01/05
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01/02/04
Seemingly uneven, Questionably overlong, Indisputably intriguing
11/16/03
That rarest of features that shows a deep understanding of people, truly cinematic storytelling technique and brilliantly choreographed fight and chase scenes.
12/08/02
It is a raw, intermittently brilliant film that heralds a sort of renaissance in Mexican film.
11/10/02
Astonishingly powerful debut film from director Inarritu - brilliantly shot, superbly acted and deeply heartfelt, this is one of the best films of the year.
10/30/02
It's good and good-looking and features one of the best soundtracks in years ... but it's also slick and schematic, weak on feeling and overly indebted to Tarantino.
10/29/02
A good and extremely ambitious first effort.
10/21/02
Please for the love of everything holy, go check this film out.
10/17/02
Fresh, shocking, violent, romantic, profane and profound, Amores Perros is a revelation, a jolt of cinematic power and a bracing act of faith.
10/15/02
The biggest strength of Amores Perros is its display of humanity at its worst when it is driven by primal attachments.
07/12/02
Directed with energy and ferocity by eye-opening newcomer Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu.
07/02/02
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