Gloria (2015) Movie Review

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Gloria (2015) Movie Review
Rating:     Rated R for sexual content, some graphic nudity, drug use and language
Production:     Fabula
Genres:     Drama, Comedy
Countries:     Spain, Chile
Languages:     English, Spanish 
Director: Christian Keller
Stars: Sofía Espinosa, Marco Pérez, Osvaldo Ríos, Ricardo Kleinbaum

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San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle
We don't make movies in America like Gloria, so we have to import them. I wish we'd import more -- and make a few, as well.

Globe and Mail | Liam Lacey
Whether you appreciate Gloria as a portrait of a vital woman, muddling through life's middle chapters, or as an allegory of Chilean resilience, the message is the same: Let's face the music and dance.

Toronto Star | Peter Howell
Not quite a comedy and not quite a drama, this Chilean film looks at middle age from a refreshingly even-handed perspective, not a wacky or tragic one.

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Houlihan
The film belongs to Garcia, who is in literally every shot. Wafting over Garcia's face at different moments are contentment, frustration, loneliness, disappointment, happiness.

Detroit News | Tom Long
"Gloria" is that rare work, a truly adult film. By its end, you want to cheer the simple act of living.

Chicago Reader | J. R. Jones
This is a driven, indelible character -- like the women Gena Rowlands played for John Cassavetes -- and you fear her going over the edge not least because you suspect you'd follow her.

Miami Herald | Rene Rodriguez
The movie lets you make up your own mind about this vivacious woman, who is doing her best not to surrender to her inner loneliness.

Orange County Register | Michael Sragow
Hitchcock once said that other directors made slices of life; he made pieces of cake. Lelio's feat is that he's made a slice of life that's a piece of cake, too.

Newsday | John Anderson
The message, if one needs to look for one, is that the course of romance is no smoother at 50 than it is at 15, when heedlessness is an advantage to plunging into love.

New York Magazine/Vulture | David Edelstein
It's rife with disappointment and humiliation. But bleakness does not preclude buoyancy. It still manages to leave you with the urge to dance.

Los Angeles Times | Betsy Sharkey
Chilean director Sebastian Lelio's near-perfect film about the very imperfect world of a divorced woman of a certain age.

AV Club | Mike D'Angelo
It's utterly realistic about the challenges of looking for love in an age group consisting almost entirely of people who've failed, in one form or another, at creating a viable long-term partnership.

Hollywood Reporter | David Rooney
Funny, melancholy and ultimately uplifting, Sebastian Lelio's enormously satisfying spell inside the head and heart of a middle-aged woman never puts a foot wrong.