The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
[Roberto Sneider's] movie is erratic, jumpy (thanks to a needlessly affected editing style) and not entirely in control of its message.
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Mexico, United States, Canada · 2016
1h 40m
Director Roberto Sneider
Starring Gael García Bernal, Verónica Echegui, Ashley Grace, Hlyunr Harraldson
Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
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Mexico City soap-opera actor Eligio is shocked when he learns that his wife, tired of Eligio's chauvinist behavior and constant adultery, has left him for another man and moved to Iowa to join a writing workshop. Determined to win her back, Eligio speeds off to find her, but joining her in the US will come with some culture shock.
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
[Roberto Sneider's] movie is erratic, jumpy (thanks to a needlessly affected editing style) and not entirely in control of its message.
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Gael García Bernal is the most charming of actors, and one of the pleasures of his satisfying You're Killing Me Susana is watching him display that quality in a decidedly subversive way.
Somewhere buried deep within You’re Killing Me Susana is a commentary on loutish manliness, and the way in which romances are inherently fraught with tensions between individual and shared desires. Unfortunately, such notions are drowned out by all manner of irritating shenanigans.
Arizona Republic by Randy Cordova
Sneider, who keeps the tone starkly unsentimental, manages to stay fairly neutral with the couple. Both characters are wildly flawed, and you can feel your sympathies shift during their knock-down, drag-out fights.
The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
Gael Garcia Bernal’s effortless magnetism is the complicating factor — and the only compelling one — in You’re Killing Me Susana.
Village Voice by Sherilyn Connelly
Roberto Sneider's You're Killing Me Susana (Me estás matando Susana) is a culture-clash comedy in which the clash happens both onscreen and off.
San Francisco Chronicle by Walter Addiego
It’s always fun to watch the charismatic Bernal.
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