Once Upon a Time in Mexico Critic Reviews

Excellent.Read the full review

Proves to be a whiz-bang kick in the pants.Read the full review

Affectionately conceived, imaginatively staged and highly entertaining.Read the full review

I understood the general outlines of the story, I liked the bold strokes he uses to create the characters, and I was amused by the camera work, which includes a lot of shots that are about themselves.Read the full review

Rodriguez is such a visual stylist, and the violence is so cartoonish, that the flurry of whizzing bullets and growing pile of bodies is not as offensive as it might be.Read the full review

You don't want to miss Depp in this movie -- he knocks it out of the park. Read the full review

In its wildly overwrought, burrito-Western way, is about as close to a home movie as you're likely to see in a megaplex. Read the full review

A bloody fairy tale with no moral and a lot of juice. Read the full review

Evokes the mythic feel of Sergio Leone Westerns. Despite a convoluted plot that begs for cleaner lines, the wild shoot-outs, cartoonish violence and charismatic cast should lure action fans to theaters.Read the full review