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09/06/03
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Lucia, Lucia (2003)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:21
Rotten:27
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: A relatively simple mid-life crisis story is burdened by overly cumbersome plot devices.
Theatrical Release:Jul 25, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $170,900
Synopsis: Mexican director Antonio Serrano fuses comedy and suspense in this tall tale of children's book author Lucia (Celia Roth, of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER fame), who becomes the center of a a big mess of... [More]
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Kuno Becker, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa
Director: Antonio Serrano
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08/08/03
The film is enjoyable in the manner of a high-gloss soap opera, but its forays into socio-political commentary are as laboured as its unnecessarily labyrinthine construction.
08/05/03
A comedy-mystery that's neither funny nor mysterious.
07/25/03
Top CriticLucia, a writer of children's books, dips in and out of fiction in her own life, the line blurring so often that it's hard to tell what's real and what's fantasy in Lucia, Lucia. It's even harder to care.
08/01/03
Top CriticThe movie tries to add too many plot twists and goes on a little long, but there's a lot of material to pack in: a children's book about chickens, embezzling, crooked cops, and that old country favorite - Achy Breaky Corazon.
08/01/03
Lucia Lucia is well acted and creatively shot, but the problem is that at its core lies a mystery that isn't terribly interesting.
08/10/03
This journey of self-discovery hits a dead end long before the closing credits roll.
08/01/03
A genial dramatic comedy that eventually crumbles under the weight of its ambitions.
07/25/03
A vivacious-looking, tartly-scored bore of a movie.
07/24/03
Cumbersome mix of magical realism, soap opera and suspense thriller.
07/24/03
Top CriticDespite the potential for menace implied by its set-up, Lucia, Lucia is finally about finding the opposite.
08/01/03
Top CriticProves that you can strand a great actress with mediocre writing and a directorial style that has more in common with Mexican soap operas than the vaunted New Wave of Mexican filmmaking.
07/25/03
A banal third act quickly runs out of gas, confusing the narrative and turning a subtle psychological mood piece into a giddy melodrama.
07/30/03
Roth, Becker and especially Álvarez-Novoa are all charming performers, but this self-consciously tricky tale of secrets, passion and intrigue doesn't linger beyond the closing credits.
07/26/03
The picture aims to be cheeky and interesting. But more often it's annoying.
08/08/03
Even as the story of one woman's midlife crisis, it's a bit lightweight.
07/22/03
Runs out of gas toward the end due to an over-complicated plot.
07/25/03
Top CriticSerrano's frequently mystifying device of having Lucía's cardboard psyche mess with the audience's minds is ultimately a confusing bore.
08/10/03
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