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La Mujer de mi Hermano Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  As pared down, stylish and deceptively simple as the stark glass and concrete block inhabited by two of its main characters, La Mujer de Mi Hermano (My Brother's Wife) is an adultery drama that skips the big life lessons in favor of observing the mysteries of human interdependency and social behavior.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  You could dismiss this swankily shot Latin American trifle as an upscale soap opera, but that would be an insult to soap operas.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York Times

  The movie bubbles with incest, adultery, religion and homosexuality -- steamy themes that incite the cast to fits of enthusiastic overemoting.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Variety

  Soapy melodrama and a small-screen cast undermine the first-time director's efforts.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  Essentially a telenovela with cinematic pretensions, La Mujer de Mi Hermano (My Brother's Wife) is a vapid slab of soap depicting a love triangle among three remarkably uninteresting characters.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The movie is astonishingly simple-minded, depicting characters who obediently perform their assigned roles as adulterers, cuckolds, etc.

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