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    R| 2 hr. 27 min.

    Plot Summary
    Uxbal (Javier Bardem), a career criminal, plies his trade in Barcelona's underground sweatshops and back alleys. Unlike his associates, he has some respect for the poor workers under his thumb and is a devoted father. Told that he is ill and has just a few months to live, Uxbal tries to get his affairs in order before the spirits, with whom he communes, come to claim him.

    Cast: Javier Bardem , Maricel Álvarez , Eduard Fernández , Diaryatou Daff , Taishen Cheng , Luo Jin , Hanaa Bouchaib , Guillermo Estrella

    Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

    Genres: Drama

    Distributor: Roadside Attractions

    Biutiful (2010)

    Release Date: January 28th, 2011|2 hr. 27 min.

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    • 75
      Peter Travers Rolling Stone

      Shot hand-held with a poet's eye by Rodrigo Prieto, the film is relentless but as riveting as the world a remarkable actor lets us see through Uxbal's eyes. Bravo, Bardem. show more

    • 75
      Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle

      Biutiful exists, at its best and beautifully, in that space that's hard to define, between the outside and the interior, action and thought, body and soul. show more

    • 88
      Claudia Puig USA Today

      Bardem's soulful turn lends this haunting meditation a sense of hope and saves it from the contrived missteps it teeters toward. show more

    • June 10, 2011 karynparis
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      How crtiics gave this movie three stars I don\'t get. Bardem is truly a gifted actor. You felt him in this movie. I was enthralled from beginning to end. Same crtics probably who gave Burlesque two stars. Thank god I do not listen to critics

    • April 07, 2011 rg00000000086043
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      Some found it hackneyed and unbelievable. Yeah, and? It made me all sniffly---not that that takes much.

    • March 24, 2011 graycatahoula
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      Movie was awesome

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