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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawWith this startling and sombre documentary, Mexican film-maker Rodrigo Reyes has conducted an experiment in verbatim cinema, or what you might call witness cinema.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe film is an unusually layered look at how the combination of privation, misplaced familial loyalty and just plain rotten luck can make the immigrant experience in America a nightmare.
- 63Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneSansón and Me has a way of frustratingly pulling focus away from its ostensible subject.
- 58IndieWireKristen LopezIndieWireKristen LopezWatching and processing Sansón and Me is a melancholy experience. As Reyes tells Andrade early in the process, this documentary won’t exonerate him or get him released from prison, but for Andrade, the opportunity to tell his story and have a living example of his memories saved is enough.