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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterIn Antonio Banderas, Mr. Hudson has a winning de Sautuola of personal modesty, scientific integrity and paternal warmth.
- 70Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyHugh Hudson's Finding Altamira is a rote but engaging historical drama about the eternal debate between truth and mythology.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAlthough the script by Olivia Hetreed and José Luis López-Linares traffics in vital ideas and still-timely assertions (“We shouldn’t try to fit facts into a set of beliefs!”), a looser, less self-important approach would have helped.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe Leydon[Banderas] acquits himself admirably with his restrained yet subtly detailed portrayal of an intelligent man subjected to the stings of intolerant attitudes and professional jealousies.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerDirected by veteran "Chariots of Fire" filmmaker Hugh Hudson, the semi-compelling Finding Altamira is let down by ordinary acting, way too many scholarly adages and a perplexing level of inaction.