Film Threat by Tim Merrill

Medem's astonishing, magical-realist love story Sex and Lucía is easily the best Spanish film since "All About My Mother." But such a statement actually undersells the beauty of what Medem has created, which in many ways rather defies description.

New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein

Fans of convoluted narrative in the manner of Christopher Nolan and David Lynch are likely to be intrigued, although Medem has a far stronger streak of sentiment.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

Elegant and sometimes inscrutable.

L.A. Weekly by Paul Malcolm

Climaxes in a flood of revelations that, like so much of the film, take us where we least expect to go.

Time by Richard Schickel

These people are fools for heedless love and, perhaps, needless complication, and you can't help responding to the heat of their passion.

Chicago Reader by Hank Sartin

This film by Julio Medem has dreamlike visuals, lush sensuality, a gorgeous cast, and a plot built on elaborate, self-conscious coincidences.

Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

It's still pretty darn good, despite its smarty-pants aura.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

With the story's vivid and passionate women and the power of emotional healing (not to mention the intense eroticism of his hothouse romance), gives Sex and Lucia a dynamic, vigorous life.

Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan

The film is tangled but not chaotic, thoughtful but not terribly deep. Still, it's intimate, entertaining, and most impressive, genuine.

Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

At times, Sex and Lucia is too precious for its own good; a movie that demands its own flow chart isn't always a good thing. And events turn on one coincidence too many. But Medem's exquisite craftsmanship and full-throttle eroticism make his film a morass worth the attempt to unravel.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey

Whatever you say about Sex and Lucía, you have to admit that it takes place at a hormonal high tide that never ebbs.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Medem's stupendously gorgeous puzzle movie features strong performances from its four leads.

Village Voice by Michael Atkinson

An adept mood maker, Medem strains madly for cosmic alliances, fairy-tale imagery, and fated coincidences, but he triumphs only with two hot bodies, a cluttered apartment, and a Shower Massage.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

Goes nowhere.