Cronicas

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Cronicas

R,

2004,

1h 38m,

Crime/

Drama

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71%

72 Reviews

Tomatometer

77%

2,500+ Ratings

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71%

Tomatometer

72 Reviews

77%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

Reporter Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo) goes to a jail in Ecuador to interview Vinicio Cepeda (Damián Alcázar), a hit-and-run driver whose crime incited a riot. After Cepeda tells him he knows where a murderer called the Monster of Babahoyo buried a young female victim, Bonilla posts bail in the hopes that he'll learn more about the crime. Bonilla finds the girl's body, but, as he nears the scoop of his career, it looks as if Cepeda might be withholding some key details.

Critics Consensus

An unsettling and absorbing cautionary tale with John Leguizamo playing an unscrupulous TV reporter who uses the medium to further his own goals.

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 1, 2005

A riveting exploration of good and evil where the line between the two is unclear.

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Janice Page

Boston Globe

Oct 7, 2005

2/4

Nothing in this would-be thriller grabs you by the throat, never mind reaches down to your guts.

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Sep 8, 2005

An ambitious social-commentary melodrama that works about half the time -- until it engages in the very behavior it sets out to condemn.

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Kiko Martinez

San Antonio Current

Jan 29, 2018

B+

Director/screenwriter Sebastin Cordero delivers a lurid and absorbing drama about the power of the media and the steps some will take to get the big scoop.

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Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

May 24, 2007

Proceeds breathlessly and hysterically towards a story that in the end, seems to have hardly left the finish line.

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Lewis Beale

Film Journal International

Mar 1, 2007

A blunt instrument of a tale, with considerable emotional impact.

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Sebastian Cordero

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John Leguizamo

Manolo Bonilla

Leonor Watling

Marisa

Damián Alcázar

Vinicio Cepeda

José María Yazpik

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Alfred Molina

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Synopsis

Reporter Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo) goes to a jail in Ecuador to interview Vinicio Cepeda (Damián Alcázar), a hit-and-run driver whose crime incited a riot. After Cepeda tells him he knows where a murderer called the Monster of Babahoyo buried a young female victim, Bonilla posts bail in the hopes that he'll learn more about the crime. Bonilla finds the girl's body, but, as he nears the scoop of his career, it looks as if Cepeda might be withholding some key details.

Director: Sebastian Cordero
Producer: Alfonso Cuarón, Isabel Dávalos, Bertha Navarro, Guillermo del Toro, Jorge Vergara
Screenwriter: Sebastián Cordero
Distributor: Palm Pictures
Production Co: Tequila Gang
Rating: R (Language|Violence|Scenes of Sexuality)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2004, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jul 8, 2005
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $299.3K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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