Crónicas (2004)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 71
Fresh: 51 | Rotten: 20
An unsettling and absorbing cautionary tale with John Leguizamo playing an unscrupulous TV reporter who uses the medium to further his own goals.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 8
An unsettling and absorbing cautionary tale with John Leguizamo playing an unscrupulous TV reporter who uses the medium to further his own goals.
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A man with a secret forms an uneasy alliance with an opportunistic reporter in this drama from Mexico. Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo) is a broadcast journalist for a Latin-American tabloid television series who has been sent to Ecuador to cover the funeral services of three children who fell victim to a mass murderer known as "the Monster of Babahoyo." Shortly after Bonilla finishes interviewing a young mourner, the child is struck by a car driven by Vinicio Cepeda (Damián Alcázar), a traveling
Cast
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John Leguizamo
Manolo Bonilla -
Leonor Watling
Marisa -
Damián Alcázar
Vinicio Cepeda -
Jose María Yazpik
Iván, Iván, Iv? -
Alfred Molina
Victor -
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All Critics (77) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (20) | DVD (8)
A riveting exploration of good and evil where the line between the two is unclear.
Top CriticNothing in this would-be thriller grabs you by the throat, never mind reaches down to your guts.
As good a commentary on our present media age as you're likely to find.
An ambitious social-commentary melodrama that works about half the time -- until it engages in the very behavior it sets out to condemn.
We've seen this cautionary tale before, and the outcome, while chilling from an ethical perspective, is almost a foregone conclusion.
[Cordero's] lens is focused on a larger ethics, on what makes human beings heroes and monsters.
Proceeds breathlessly and hysterically towards a story that in the end, seems to have hardly left the finish line.
Proceeds breathlessly and hysterically towards a story that in the end, seems to have hardly left the finish line.
A blunt instrument of a tale, with considerable emotional impact.
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Though Cronicas isn't as suspenseful as it could have been, the performances are strong and the mob scenes are unforgettable. When all is said and done, it's TV journalism that takes a beating.
...thoroughly underwhelming and surprisingly dull.
Nothing special, unless you want to take that expensive Screenplay 101 class from home.
Leguizamo tackles his first Spanish-language role with considerable aplomb.
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Foreign Titles
- Cronicas (DE)
- Cronicas (UK)
