Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Nov 17, 2011 4/5

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Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly Oct 18, 2008 2/4

Stylistically, the film takes risks before veering into an odd sort of studied artiness.

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Dennis Harvey Variety Oct 18, 2008

While there are rewards to sticking with this tempest-in-teapot saga of sexual awakening across three family generations of Mexican-American women, its pacing is leisurely to the brink of stasis.

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Bob Baker Los Angeles Times Oct 18, 2008 4/5

Another victory for a first-time, full-length feature filmmaker with a curious, inventive eye and an unsparing point of view.

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Stan Hall Oregonian Aug 1, 2008

Pena has a great role and delivers her best performance since Lone Star in 1996.

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Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle Jul 24, 2008 1/4

Riedel reveals herself to be a novice filmmaker, especially in the pacing of most scenes.

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Josh Bell Las Vegas Weekly Jun 26, 2008 3/5

A lovingly crafted portrait of a kind of life not often seen on the big screen.

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Lisa Kennedy Denver Post Jun 13, 2008 3/4

Like Blanca and her friends, walking languidly down the street, then spontaneousy grabbing a shopping cart for a ride, Reidel plays with the rhythm of her enjoyably unhurried tale.

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Ethan Alter Giant Magazine May 21, 2008

Although the story is overly familiar, Riedel's evocation of small-town life rings true.

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Jeanne Kaplan Kaplan vs. Kaplan May 20, 2008

This is a movie with wonderful, strong performances from three very talented women.

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David Kaplan Kaplan vs. Kaplan May 20, 2008

It's a smart little film, although there are some odd cinematographic moments --- curious, at best. And at two hours plus, the movie runs at least 20 minutes too long.

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Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper May 19, 2008

Leisurely paced but lovely and touching.

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Gary Brown Houston Community Newspapers May 17, 2008 3/4

If your taste is for movies off the beaten path, run out and see this one before it disappears.

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Prairie Miller NewsBlaze May 16, 2008

A tenderly spun tale of female sexual desire traversing three generations of Latina women north of the border, the movie is crafted glowingly from a woman's point of view, and with supreme sensitivity, dignity, warmth, sadness and humor.

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Chad Greene Boxoffice Magazine May 16, 2008 3.5/5

With the Garcia Girls, Riedel will take the right audiences someplace this summer.

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Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star May 16, 2008 3/4

Riedel's film is a breakthrough achievement and a hopeful sign of more to come.

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Claudia Puig USA Today May 16, 2008 2.5/4

The film is sensitively told and appealingly bittersweet, though the story at times meanders and loses its way.

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Bob Strauss Los Angeles Daily News May 16, 2008

Garcia Riedel is affectionate toward her characters to a fault - cameras linger as they walk down the street or make other prosaic moves, dragging the already sluggish story's pacing even more -- but she does get some lovely behavior out of each actress.

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Joe Leydon Houston Chronicle May 16, 2008 3/4

With equal measures of discretion and honesty, Riedel directly addresses the sensuality of all three women, achieving an almost startling sense of intimacy in scenes that range from mesmerizingly intense and gently comical.

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Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader May 16, 2008

Writer-director Georgina Garcia Riedel makes inventive use of the wide-screen format in this gentle, poetic 2005 comedy.

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