Crónica de una fuga 2006

Critics score:
67 / 100

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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: The film is taut and ruthlessly constructed, with odd flashes of humor and a white-knuckle pace. Read more

Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly: Blessed with great performances; director Israel Adrian Caetano lets events speak -- and plead and weep -- for themselves. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: A tense and mammothly upsetting dramatization of Tamburrini's memoir; ... gets everything that can pound in your body pounding. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: This film is both a warning about abuse of government power and a reassurance that justice will sometimes triumph. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: It's a sobering act of remembrance, a warning against future abuses of power, and a stomach-knotting thriller. Read more

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Deborah Young, Variety: Though functional on its own terms, this fourth feature by Israel Adrian Caetano feels hollow at the core, leaving a feeling of lingering disappointment over a missed opportunity to probe recent history. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: Chronicle might be utterly uncompromising in its "you are there" visceral style-or just unresourceful. I tend toward the latter reading. Read more