Village Voice by Ernest Hardy

In showing how some men derive primal, perverse senses of pleasure and power from their brutality, how small men make themselves feel large and invincible, the film distills the roots of terror (political, cultural, religious) to truths that are tragically evergreen.

Washington Post by Mark Jenkins

Despite numerous missteps and contrivances, Olvidados succeeds as an indictment of Operation Condor’s horrors.

The New York Times by Nicole Herrington

While it would be a tall order to fully elucidate this complicated history in two hours, Olvidados is hamstrung by Mr. Bolado’s lack of focused direction and a convoluted plot.

The Hollywood Reporter

Confused both dramatically and politically, this is a film whose perhaps worthy ambitions seem to have outstripped its makers' talents — ironically, Forgotten is an expression of the very political forgetfulness it wishes to rectify.

Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai

By cramming in as many tangents as imaginable, Olvidados ultimately loses sight of what the story is even about.