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Amores Perros (2001)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:101

Rotten:9

Average Rating:7.7/10

Consensus: The brutality of Amores Perros may be difficult to watch at times, but this intense, gritty film packs a hard wallop.

Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $4,856,342

Synopsis: AMORES PERROS is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives,... AMORES PERROS is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, AMORES PERROS explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into unforeseen dramatic situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog named Cofi. In "Octavio and Susana," Cofi's teenage owner enters his dog into the brutal world of dog fighting to raise money for his elopement with his brother's young and appealing wife. Cofi's near-fatal injury prompts a reckless car chase that ends abruptly and violently. In "Daniel and Valeria," a middle-aged businessman discovers that dreams can become nightmares after he abandons his family to set up housekeeping with a beautiful young model who is tragically transformed by the crash. Finally, in "El Chivo and Maru," a revolutionary-turned-assassin witnesses the accident and finds that it leads him to an unexpected and life-altering moral epiphany. A powerful and profound story of love, loss, retribution and redemption, AMORES PERROS raises provocative questions about the human condition at the same time that the film daringly recapitulates and reinvents different styles of Latin cinema. The result is a vivid and intricate mosaic of classic themes rendered in original -- and unforgettable ways. -- © 2000 Lions Gate Films [More]

Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Emilio Echevarria, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero

Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Emilio Echevarria, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Marco Perez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto, Gerardo Campbell, Rosa Maria Bianchi, Dunia Saldivar

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenwriter: Guillermo Arriaga Jordan
Composer: Gustavo Santaolaya
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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You will walk away reeling from the jolt to your senses.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/30/01
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Embodies all the excitement we looked forward to after the dog days of Pulp Fiction.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/26/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Recalling Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction - but edgier than both - this is a hell of a first film. For all its bonecrunching savagery, it's also a fundamentally moral work.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

A potent reminder that life is brutal and brief, and that bonds between people are much easier to sever than to tie.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
03/30/01
Rod Armstrong
Rod Armstrong
Reel.com

Six-degrees- of-separation has never felt so merciless and ironic

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
04/03/01
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Amores Perros es una historia de amor sin mensajes moralistas o edificantes. Simplemente es una experiencia inolvidable

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
03/14/01
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

An invigorating film, without a doubt.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/19/01
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Amores Perros is more than just a strong debut; it's good, gritty filmmaking.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
04/13/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Inventively restless and relentlessly potent.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
04/23/01
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) is a great new film from Mexico that proves that somebody, somewhere, is still making upsetting, enthralling movies.

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03/29/01
Peter Brunette
Peter Brunette
Film.com

This searing Mexican film depicts the toxicity of human betrayal.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/30/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

First-time director Alejandro González Iñárritu has taken an original story and fashioned it into a tale that is gritty, multifaceted, and brimming with edgy performances.

Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
11/16/01
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
Movie Boeuf

The raw, propulsive vigor of Inarritu's dances of death on the streets of Mexico City mark him as a director who's suddenly very much on the cinematic map.

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04/13/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe

The biggest strength of Amores Perros is its display of humanity at its worst when it is driven by primal attachments.

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07/12/02
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Compels almost effortlessly, and skilfully conceals its thefts (from Tarantino, mostly), easy ironies, and insubstantiality.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/07/01
Jaime N. Christley
Jaime N. Christley
Apollo Guide

Iñarritu keeps us involved in at-times tune-outable material.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
03/30/01
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Directed with energy and ferocity by eye-opening newcomer Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
07/02/02
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Matinee Magazine

"Amores Perros" is simply a great film.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/23/01
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The production is first rate on all levels.

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05/29/01
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

A stunningly made film, raw and authentic, with the ability to get way under the skin.

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12/10/01
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
 
 
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