Machuca (2004)

Date	User	Rating
Jan 22, 2020	owen1218	75 _65th
One of the more honest films I've seen on the subject of social class, shown through the dismal conclusion of the Allende years and beginning of the Pinochet dictatorship. Would have rated higher if it didn't try to titillate men with incest scenes and sacrifice a girl simply to produce an emotional effect on the male characters.
Jul 20, 2018	denizgunal13	71 _67th
73
Apr 25, 2013	Debaser	80 _32nd
I'm not familiar at all with Chile's political history but I'm a sucker for coming of age films. It's predictable but still great to watch.
Jan 24, 2013	yesistasty	78 _38th
Somewhat heavyhanded. Good performances from the children though.
Nov 19, 2010	SlantMag	35 _90th
"Like John Boorman's Hope and Glory, Machuca conflates a boy's coming-of-age with a country's social upheavals." - Ed Gonzalez
Jul 14, 2010	djross	45 _34th
The device of following political and cultural events through the eyes of a boy is a little crudely deployed, and everything tends to be rather on the predictable and formulaic side, but there are still some good moments here, just too few of them.
Jan 06, 2008	igel	90 _85th
That's Chile in 1973, and that's Chile today.
Mar 26, 2007	Stain	60 _47th
I'm sorry, but Commie propaganda films have to be a lot better than this for me to like them

Average Percentile 66.08% from 335 Ratings