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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA bombshell in its home country, Herod's Law is made with the kind of flair that ensures a following everywhere politicians are venal and voters hope against hope for deliverance.
- 88Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisIncisive, highly entertaining political farce.
- 80VarietyVarietyProvocative, well-shot and vastly entertaining in its malice.
- 80L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonA bracingly sarcastic political comedy -- it opens on a bound copy of Mexico's Constitution, stuffed with cash -- possessed of a baleful satiric eye for hypocrisy and greed, a delicious anti-clerical bent, and pitch-perfect comic timing.
- 80Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufSmart, sassy and much more fun than most political diatribes.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneEstrada can be faulted for not fully developing these supporting characters, or for not weaving them seamlessly into his story. His eye all along is so clearly and surely on The Point that at times plot details and peripheral performances are washed over.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film is bold and passionate, but not subtle, and that is its downfall.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe angrier the film gets, the less funny it becomes, squelched by heavy-handed polemics, a maddeningly repetitive musical score, and a running time that drags its overriding joke into the ground.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarrit IngmanAustin ChronicleMarrit IngmanIt’s too didactic to be a spaghetti Western but lacks the moral compass required of a more evolved philosophical statement.