42
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- As the moving concluding scenes cement, Mariachi Gringo is right on pitch — and, happily, not simply as you’d expect.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonA road trip movie filled with simple pleasures. Ashmore does a solid job as a mariachi musician without a single grenade-launcher in his guitar case
- 40Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonRefreshingly, Mariachi Gringo looks beyond the usual cartel/corruption/bloodbath take on modern Mexico, but the result is altogether stronger on sincerity than emotional engagement.
- 40The GuardianMike McCahillThe GuardianMike McCahillTom Gustafson's film proves genial to a fault.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceAmid this malarkey Gustafson is smart enough to let the camera linger on musical performances that reveal mariachi to be dynamic and complex as opera.