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There's no denying the seriousness of Heli's story or the raw power of its more uncomfortable moments, but they're used in service of a grimly alienating film that many viewers may ultimately find unrewarding.
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It's too hopeless and overdone to generate anything more than a shrug. June 19, 2019 | Rating: 5.3/10 | Full Review…
It's too hopeless and overdone to generate anything more than a shrug.
C.J. Prince
All the parts are played by non-professional actors, except for Ramon Alvarez, and Escalante gets powerful performances from them. June 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
All the parts are played by non-professional actors, except for Ramon Alvarez, and Escalante gets powerful performances from them.
Alexa Dalby
Heli lacks the ideas or formal dexterity to constitute a state of the nation address in any but the most cursory of ways. March 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Heli lacks the ideas or formal dexterity to constitute a state of the nation address in any but the most cursory of ways.
Ben Nicholson
The film's nihilism serves as a metaphor for the merciless death pit of Mexico's drug war, but not much else. December 3, 2014 | Full Review…
The film's nihilism serves as a metaphor for the merciless death pit of Mexico's drug war, but not much else.
Joe McGovern
"Heli" is a slow, but unrelenting look at one young man's punishing loss of innocence amongst a society that has already decayed beyond understanding. August 24, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
"Heli" is a slow, but unrelenting look at one young man's punishing loss of innocence amongst a society that has already decayed beyond understanding.
Kevin Jagernauth
...maybe Heli contains few layers beyond its central political outcry, but then, maybe it doesn't need to. August 9, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…
...maybe Heli contains few layers beyond its central political outcry, but then, maybe it doesn't need to.
Andy Crump
Director Amat Escalante and his gifted cinematographer Lorenzo Hagerman have crafted a powerful film that feels and looks a lot like Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning Traffic. August 7, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Director Amat Escalante and his gifted cinematographer Lorenzo Hagerman have crafted a powerful film that feels and looks a lot like Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning Traffic.
David Lewis
Though not without its faults, Heli is a beautifully shot, deliberately quiet surprise. August 4, 2014 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Though not without its faults, Heli is a beautifully shot, deliberately quiet surprise.
Zach Hollwedel
Although it obviously is made with some skill, it also is unrelentingly dire. July 10, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Although it obviously is made with some skill, it also is unrelentingly dire.
Randy Cordova
(Torture, child rape, mutilation, a penis set ablaze.) Still, the unforgiving, unrelenting, hostile tone of "Heli" is electric with unforgiving, unforgivable anger. June 26, 2014 | Full Review…
(Torture, child rape, mutilation, a penis set ablaze.) Still, the unforgiving, unrelenting, hostile tone of "Heli" is electric with unforgiving, unforgivable anger.
Ray Pride
It's very easy to appreciate Escalante's technique and ability, even if watching "Heli" isn't a particularly pleasant experience. June 12, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's very easy to appreciate Escalante's technique and ability, even if watching "Heli" isn't a particularly pleasant experience.
Anders Wright
Unmistakably, an angry film, an indictment of circumstances that seem to force a choice between impotence and homicide. June 12, 2014 | Full Review…
Unmistakably, an angry film, an indictment of circumstances that seem to force a choice between impotence and homicide.
A.O. Scott
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