90
New Times (L.A.) by David Ehrenstein
A thoughtful, well-acted and well-observed (though bleak) look at what some people have to put up with to get through life.
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40
Bears some resemblance to "All About My Mother," but lacks its compatriot's flamboyance, content to traffic in glib banalities and unwitting self-absorption.
38
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Desperate for a slice of Spanish soap opera? You might try this misguided romantic melodrama.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Sobrevivire has a satisfying scope and substance with an appealing blend of warmth, humor and pathos with a dash of tartness.
50
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
This is a shameless, straightforward soap opera (no Almodovarian excess here!), but it's pretty entertaining on its own sudsy terms.
70
The film's jarring shifts in tone ultimately serve well the complexity of the film's narrative entanglements; they feel more honest than similar Hollywood offerings.
50
Can't overcome the familiar, soapy script.