Raising Victor Vargas Reviews
May 22, 2003
Raising Victor Vargas is more than a terrific film -- it's a kind one.
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| Original Score: 4/5
May 16, 2003
Full of humor and heart, it is the best family comedy since Moonstruck.
Original Score: 4/4
May 16, 2003
In Raising Victor Vargas, everyone has feelings.
Original Score: 4/5
May 16, 2003
A coming-of-age story in which tenderness is silent but runs deep.
Original Score: 3/4
May 15, 2003
You keep waiting for it to not be awesome... and it keeps being awesome.
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| Original Score: 5/5
May 15, 2003
The narrative is thin, but the little-known cast (who helped writer-director Peter Sollett develop the characters) bring an element of realism to roles that defy stereotypes and pigeonholing.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
May 14, 2003
The movie has a fresh, vibrant feel to it that gives its characters room to breathe and be themselves. The best part: Nobody wears out their welcome.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
May 12, 2003
["Raising Victor Vargas"] is such a well crafted, good hearted teen romance I hope it gets deserved life in the after market.
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| Original Score: B
May 7, 2003
A satisfying motion picture that wins its audience over because the characters are allowed to be themselves.
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| Original Score: 3/4
May 3, 2003
Protagonists Rasuk and Marte are very good here, as are the others.
May 2, 2003
Raising Victor Vargas displays a sweet intelligence. It has a gritty charm about itself .
Original Score: 4/5
May 2, 2003
Writer-director Sollett has a honed, at-home cast and a deft, funny sense of eros. The many close-ups establish intimacy, though at times this feels like a case study in sex and urban density.
Original Score: 2.5/4
May 2, 2003
For those sick of the tired conventions of 'rom-coms' (as Hollywood wags call romantic comedies), Vargas is a refreshing cure, frank about healthy teenage curiosity and sexuality in ways that don't make them punchlines to smutty jokes.
Original Score: 3.5/4
May 2, 2003
There's nothing in the utterly enchanting Raising Victor Vargas you haven't seen before; you'd just be hard-pressed to name another movie that did it as well.
Original Score: 3.5/4
May 2, 2003
It is rare to find a film that defies one's expectations as sweetly and satisfyingly as this coming-of-age comedy-drama.
May 1, 2003
In every aspect of filmmaking and intent this picture is peerless, so truly real, funny, poignant and sexy that it almost feels like a watershed cinematic moment.
May 1, 2003
Every frame of this movie feels real.
Original Score: A-
May 1, 2003
Raising Victor Vargas has landed exactly the right actors for a script that already gets points for respecting its teenage characters.
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| Original Score: 3/4
May 1, 2003
The film offers a realistic and funny slice of life.
Original Score: 4/5
May 1, 2003
A delightful example of what happens when a rather slight story is handled with passion, humor and care.
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| Original Score: B+