Broken Sky(El cielo dividido)

Village Voice by

That's the movie--desperate grasps, huffy affronts, gulping kisses, and one juicy (if silent) sex scene, early in the film, before our senses have been deadened by boredom. Without dialogue, we don't know who the characters are, so we can't care about what they do.

Variety by Deborah Young

Though the bold treatment of homoerotic love in Mexican helmer Julian Hernandez's feature bow Broken Sky is sure to grab attention, it doesn't take long before the picture's torturously slow pace turns an earnest effort into a tedious aesthetic exercise.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Don't be put off: Hernandez's exquisite romance works on an emotional, as well as intellectual, level.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Broken Sky is that increasing rarity, a film that is fully realized visually. Keeping dialogue at a minimum, Hernández and inspired cinematographer Alejandro Cantú create a constant interplay between light and shadow, movement and stillness, dramatic spaces of architectural grandeur and intimate enclosures to evoke the ever-shifting emotions of an all-consuming first love.

The New York Times by Nathan Lee

Mr. Hernández doesn't always grab what he's reaching for -- his talent soars untethered by discipline -- but the thrust of his effort lights up the sky.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

[Hernandez] is obviously a man more concerned with art than commerce, but good intentions don't always make for good filmmaking.