Bardem proves once again, as he has in movies’ past that he is one of the most talented actors that can be called upon time and time again in the Spanish film world...
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08/19/03
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Mondays in the Sun (2003)
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Reviews Counted:67
Fresh:53
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Thought-provoking, but plodding movie about the effects of unemployment on a group of former shipyards workers.
Theatrical Release:Jul 25, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: A northern Spanish coastal town suffers from its own isolationism as shipyards close down, leaving the labor force scouring the streets for temp jobs with only their stubborn pride to show for it.... [More]
Starring: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Jose Angel Egid, Nieve de Medina
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
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Reviews for Mondays in the Sun
A brilliantly naturalistic look at men on the fringes of society.
08/02/03
Bardem gives what might have been too slow and plodding a movie its heart and its humor.
08/07/03
Top CriticThick with powerful, understated, deeply empathetic performances -- and it needs them. It's hard to feel sorry for a bunch of welfare cases who sit around drinking and barely even trying to find new jobs.
08/01/03
Mondays in the Sun is a delightfully understated snapshot of life. Director/writer Fernando León de Aranda has captured a bit of the melancholy of displacement...
07/25/03
In these days of cutbacks and belt-tightening, its story has a strong resonance.
09/20/03
The popcorn out in the lobby would seem a more compelling attraction
07/06/03
Mondays in the Sun is a deeply ethical movie that has a universal quality to its depiction of the soul-destroying capacities of unemployment.
07/25/03
Si Los Lunes al Sol es una película tan humana, tan sensible y tan reveladora es porque hemos visto esos personajes acá nomás, a la vuelta de la esquina.
12/28/03
Thanks to Bardem's performance the film finds plenty of sublime moments.
09/26/03
Shot in lustrous, muted color with a sure sensitivity to emotional states and mood swings, it's an elegy on wasted time and waning energies.
07/31/03
Top CriticAs boring as a trip across Kansas on a Greyhound bus.
07/28/03
While there's a certain poetic symmetry to a lethargic film about lethargy, it doesn't make for a terribly edifying viewing experience.
07/30/03
a funny and compassionate tribute to the unemployed.
07/24/03
Another staggeringly strong performance by Javier Bardem.
02/26/05
It's a bit of a challenge to watch, but Javier Bardem fans will want to check it out.
05/14/03
Javier Bardem plays the part with all the pent-up animal rage of a young Robert De Niro
07/24/03
Will look and feel all too familiar to victims of the jobless recovery, or at least those who can afford to see the movie.
10/03/03
It is intensely involving at the outset, but it faces an insoluble problem: The story, like the characters, has no place to go.
08/08/03
Top CriticThroughout, Bardem ... is a potent presence.
03/10/03
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