Alejandro Alemán
Tomatometer-approved critic
Alejandro Aleman has been a film critic for over nine years. He has collaborated in magazines and newspapers such as 24 hours, Newsweek, Chilango, Who, Esquire, and Currency Exchange, among others.
Movies reviews only
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Sorcery (2023) |
The great merit of the film is that despite its leisurely pace and focus of the story, it knows how to capture the audience's attention to never let it go. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Mar 22, 2023
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Triangle of Sadness (2022) |
It is a film full of demagogy and social resentment whose darts are overwhelmingly obvious. [Full review in Spanish]
- El Universal
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Shyamalan not only renounces the twists that he had us accustomed to, but he also renounces logic, science, and reason, to let fanaticism win. Now that is terrifying. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Pamela, a Love Story (2023) |
This documentary is the first time Pamela Anderson shows herself as she is, through her vices, flaws, and mistakes. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) |
Unlike onions, this movie lacks layers, but it's not lacking in fun. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Dec 29, 2022
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) |
Animation is clearly cinema, and this film is further proof of that. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 30, 2022
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Peter von Kant (2022) |
Results in enjoyable sin in a film that not only robs Fassbinder, but in great measure reminds you of a classic Almodovar, with vibrant colors and peerless scourge. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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Dive (2022) |
Understanding and provoking the public's empathy towards a person like Mariel, who is torn between her desire for victory, internal vices, and doing the right thing, is the greatest achievement of this film. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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One Fine Morning (2022) |
A simple film yet extremely enjoyable, in part because of the protagonists charisma. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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Home Is Somewhere Else (2022) |
The result is absolutely beautiful, not only due to the inevitabile emotion of each story, but also because of the animation and empathy that connects in this beautiful documentary. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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The Whale (2022) |
What redeems this film, to the point of needing to be seen, is witnessing a spectacular Brendan Fraser, who does not let the character swallow him. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022) |
An exercise in style that rightly deserved a run in theaters. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 01, 2022
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Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) |
The director successfully creates an authentically ominous atmosphere of terror that elevates it as a transgressive metaphor. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 01, 2022
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) |
It's a daring, interesting and never boring film. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 01, 2022
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Emergency Declaration (2021) |
A film that, despite is apparent seriousness, has fun with the possibilities of the genre. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Oct 12, 2022
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The Other Tom (2021) |
As the film progresses the more we care about the characters and the more doubts they provoke within us. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Oct 05, 2022
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Finlandia (2021) |
Without a doubt one of the best Mexican films of the year. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Sep 15, 2022
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Fall (2022) |
Halfway between a disaster movie, survival horror, and even a thriller, the premise of Fall is so implausible that it is absolutely irresistible. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Sep 09, 2022
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The Survivor (2021) |
The Survivor is the type of film that is worth more for the anecdote than for the film itself. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Aug 29, 2022
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Prey (2022) |
Prey is the best Predator movie after the original. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Aug 15, 2022
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The Sea Beast (2022) |
A fantasy story to which everyone is invited, both boys and girls. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Aug 02, 2022
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The Gray Man (2022) |
The Gray Man is a popcorn movie for the weekend, when in reality it doesn’t take any risks. [Full review in Spanish]
- El Universal
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| Posted Jul 26, 2022
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Pleasure (2021) |
Pleasure is a complex look, without taboo's or set morals, regarding the porn industry... enough to be an extraordinary film. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jul 18, 2022
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The Hole in the Fence (2021) |
Del Paso reinforces his ability to portray chaos, and through its montage, have fear and indignation invade us. [Full review in Spanish]
- El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2022
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La Civil (2021) |
Ultimately lukewarm and unrealistic.
[Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted May 24, 2022
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Swallow (2019) |
A disturbing feminist fable that gracefully shines because no explanations are given to the protagonists actions.
[Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted May 13, 2022
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Turning Red (2022) |
A brilliant film with a powerful, heartfelt, feminist spirit that becomes a song of absolute rebellion.
[Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted May 13, 2022
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Fresh (2022) |
An absolute triumph.
[Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted May 13, 2022
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Kimi (2022) |
Zoë Kravitz carries the film, at times without saying a single word.
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- El Universal
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| Posted May 13, 2022
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Rifkin's Festival (2020) |
Absolutely derivative.
[Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted May 12, 2022
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) |
To have Cage and waste him on a mediocre story is the most meta game this movie could possibly offer. [Full Review in Spanish]
- El Universal
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| Posted May 10, 2022
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The Human Voice (2020) |
Almodóvar and his cinematographer have a superb handling of space and rhythm. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Dec 09, 2021
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Nudo mixteco (2020) |
These are three impeccably well written stories - El Universal
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| Posted Dec 09, 2021
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Blanco de Verano (2020) |
Definitively one of the best Mexican films you can see in theaters this year. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Dec 09, 2021
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Annette (2021) |
Attention in any case is maintained thanks to the mix of music with the performance, mainly that of Adam Driver and Simon Helberg. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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15 Minutes of Shame (2021) |
15 Minutes of Shame doesn't provide solutions to the problem, but it does generate reflection upon it. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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One Cut of the Dead (2017) |
A celebration not only of the cinema, but of the commitment... to solve the always complicated process of making a film as well as possible. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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Identifying Features (2020) |
Not just another film about drug traffickers and violence... a visually impressive and thematically dismal western. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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I Am Greta (2020) |
Useful as a historical account, I Am Greta has at least one serious issue as a documentary: it's not a film about the problem, but about the activist. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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Worth (2020) |
The verbal sparring between Keaton and Tucci is the movie's great gem. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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Schumacher (2021) |
In the end, one cannot help but think that all this is nothing more than a strategy to keep the brand that bears his name alive. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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No Time to Die (2021) |
A powerful end to the Craig era, although probably not for the reasons that everyone would like. - El Universal
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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Promising Young Woman (2020) |
It is important that fantasy narratives help us imagine other possible worlds. And that's why Promising Young Woman is so disappointing. [Full Review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Collective (2019) |
Without a narrator, without a voiceover, without signs that tell us who is in the picture, Nanau lets the images speak for themselves. [Full Review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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The Disciple (2020) |
[T]he director Chaitanya Tamhane insists on several musical moments that little by little become tedious, but that are but the prelude to the great plot twist. [Full Review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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The Woman in the Window (2021) |
The obvious explodes on the screen: what is the point of seeing this film when there we have the original Rear Window? [Full Review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Lux Æterna (2019) |
Gaspar Noé understands cinema as a weapon that must be pointed at the viewer. [Full Review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Tragic Jungle (2020) |
The result is an immersive experience, a jungle western whose secret weapon is the look of Indira Rubie Andrewin that fascinates men, and the public as well. [Full Review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Moxie (2021) |
Trivializes the feminist movement, portrays it as if it were a fad. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Mar 31, 2021
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Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art (2020) |
Director Barry Avrich not only tells this incredible story with accuracy and contagious passion... but also manages to interview practically everyone involved. [Full review in Spanish] - El Universal
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| Posted Mar 31, 2021
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