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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayQueen Raquela's plotty elements don't always work: The acting in the story-driving scenes sometimes comes off as amateurish, and the circumstances that send Rios halfway around the world seem contrived. But de Fleur gets an astonishingly good performance from Stefan C. Schaefer.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe great strength of the film is that it is difficult to know where cinema verite leaves off and fiction begins.
- 70VarietyVarietyLikeable if rambling first feature by Icelandic helmer Olaf de Fleur Johannesson ("Africa United") evinces the helmer's background in documaking, and reps a kind of quasi-doc itself with real-life trannies riffing on their own personas.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasTheir film is a rarity in that Rios emerges as a vibrant, reflective woman, an individual who refuses to be defined by her transsexuality.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghRios is the glue that holds Johannesson's neither-fish-nor-fowl film together.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceMildly engrossing, building to a final-act clash between First and Third worlds that is riveting and highly uncomfortable to watch.
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerIt's like being trapped in a roomful of teenage girls for 80 minutes.