Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Biutiful

7.4

This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides his every move.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Main Cast: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez
Soundtrack: Gustavo Santaolalla
Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
Screenplay: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone, William Makepeace Thackeray

Cinema Premiere: January 28, 2011

Reviews by critics from other countries

Foreign Reviews

7 foreign reviews of Biutiful (2010)

1. Moviezine

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: One recognizes the masterful craftsmanship and the emotional exhaustion that one as a viewer can feel afterwards, but "Biutiful" is still a darker, more original, and, in my impression, a more personal film.
- Jake Bolin
Swedish: moviezine.se »
2. Aftonbladet

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: A pitch-black story that still goes straight to the heart. It is impossible not to empathize with Javier Bardem's increasingly despondent gaze as he defiantly continues to fight to try to give his children a better life than he had himself.
- Jan-Olov Andersson
Swedish: aftonbladet.se »
3. Fiffis Filmtajm

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: I live, I am healthy, I have two awesome kids and a damn nice hotel blanket. When the movie is over, it's status quo for me. It's not for Uxbal.
Swedish: Fiffis Filmtajm »
4. Dagens Nyheter

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: Here our impossible present melts down into a human body that ultimately succumbs to toxic metals.
- Kerstin Gezelius
Swedish: dn.se »
5. SVT

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: A harrowing depiction of people at the absolute bottom of society careens wildly between melodrama, manipulative sentimentality, and dirty, excessive realism.
- Emma Gray Munthe
Swedish: svt.se »
6. Svenska Dagbladet

5 / 10

Translated from swedish: There is something about children and parenting that worries the Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu. One wants to do so well, but still finds oneself guilty of serious neglect when circumstances beyond one's control put one under severe pressure.
- Jan Söderqvist
Swedish: svd.se »
7. Expressen

No Rating

Translated from swedish: The story is unsettling but becomes a great film through the storytelling method. Iñárritu composes shot by shot, cut by cut.
- Bernt Eklund
Swedish: expressen.se »