This is the movie that put Alejandro González Iñárritu on the map. Just like in his two following (and more famous) movies, 21 Grams and Babel, he weaves together a number of different stories that have some common thread.
The location is Mexico and Iñárritu’s cinéma vérité directing style, with its gritty tones and unpolished looks, affords the viewer a total immersion into a world so cold, tough, and unwelcoming, you end up feeling nothing but sympathy for every protagonist’s ups and downs.
Every actor does an excellent job and by the end of the movie you feel drained from witnessing all the different ways in which one’s life can take a whole new and unexpected turn, stemming from events over which one has no input or power.
This is one of those movies that film lovers should watch.
Grade: 8
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