L.A. Weekly

Springall also deftly weaves the film's most dramatic moments with lighthearted comedy, and the result may be Mexico's best film in years.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Has the same kind of humor, charm and sensuality that made "Like Water for Chocolate" the most popular foreign-language film until "Life Is Beautiful" came along.

L.A. Weekly by Joseph Trevino

Springall also deftly weaves the film's most dramatic moments with lighthearted comedy, and the result may be Mexico's best film in years.

The New York Times

Disarmingly endearing.

Chicago Reader

The incredible adventures pile up unrelentingly, with no inflection, no downtime, and each new space is a set decorator's hallucination, as brightly colored as a candy store on acid.

The New York Times by Anita Gates

Disarmingly endearing.

Chicago Reader by Ronnie Scheib

The incredible adventures pile up unrelentingly, with no inflection, no downtime, and each new space is a set decorator's hallucination, as brightly colored as a candy store on acid.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

It's remarkably bright, funny and sweet for a film that wades through so much sleaze, though it can't escape all of the weirdness it worms through.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

A brightly colored, picaresque adventure that's equal parts telenovela melodrama and pop-magic realism.

New York Post by Hannah Brown

The premise is so sad it's impossible to chuckle at the often heavy-handed humor.

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

There's no gold dust to be found here, just an awful lot of stick-on glitter.

Film.com by Robert Horton

A Mexican film that reaches for a very weird and risky tone, and, I think, fails.