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- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWhat distinguishes the movie is its inventive, multifaceted way of questioning whether the "truth" of past events can ever be separated from the memories, longings, and scanty evidence that inextricably surrounds it.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanUnpretentiously poetic and casually stylish, yet perversely precise. Reconstructing the past, Carri seems to suggest, is akin to grabbing the water in a flowing stream.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanBecause Albertina Carri spends so much time skirting relevant issues, her self-consciously experimental examination into her parents' murder feels like a worthy movie that simply wasn't ready to be made.
- 60TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIt's a complex new approach toward putting memory to tape, and the result can be at times too theoretical, too personal and too opaque, but it's a consistently challenging work that's often sharply poignant.
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIt is not so much a documentary as a fictional film about the making of a documentary, or perhaps a documentary about the making of a fictional film about the making of a documentary. If this sounds a bit maddening, it is, though the confusion that The Blonds induces is clearly part of its intention.
- 50VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungTreads a delicate line between documentary and fiction to reconstruct the kidnapping and murder of director Albertina Carri's parents during the military dictatorship.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayGrapples with tough subject matter, and earns a little leeway in its approach.