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RATING: FRESH  READING: 91% (FRESH = 60% or Greater)   Reviews counted: 11 Fresh: 10  Rotten: 1 Average Rating: 7.4/10

( Showing 1-11 of 11 Tomatometer Reviews, sorted a-z )   "...a magnificent drama well worth tracking down." -- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE   "Deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance." -- Arthur Lazere, CULTUREVULTURE.NET   "Though uniformly well acted, especially by young Ballesta and Galan (a first-time actor), writer/director Achero Manas's film is schematic and obvious." -- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE   "Although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse, the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching." -- John A. Nesbit, CULTUREDOSE.NET   Click to read the article. -- David Perry, CINEMA-SCENE.COM --  Click to read the article. -- Donald J. Levit, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS This poster is not available for sale. Browse other posters Soundtrack Books All Related Items   "A simple, but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past." -- Josh Ralske, ALL MOVIE GUIDE   Click to read the article. -- BBCI FILMS --  Click to read the article. -- FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL Cream of the Crop FRESH 100%   "At once subtle and visceral, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful, offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future." -- Leslie Camhi, VILLAGE VOICE   "Mana gives us compelling, damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt." -- Robert K. Elder, CHICAGO TRIBUNE   "As blunt as it is in depicting child abuse, El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance." -- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES   "Never [sinks] into exploitation." -- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST

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