
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.... (Full plot summary below)
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Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseBardem's subtle, passionate performance is nothing less than perfection, combining his character's contradictions with grace and clarity |
| Nolan's Pop Culture ReviewMichael A. SmithBardem proves himself to be one of the finest actors now working in any language. |
| ScreenwizeSimon WeavingThis cinematic journey of one man along the boundaries of life and death is an extraordinary work of genius. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlDespite a commanding, Oscar-nominated performance by the always-interesting Javier Bardem, there's a quality of manufactured misery to "Biutiful"... |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsFrank Wilkins'Biutiful' is not one of the year's five best films, but Javier Bardem's performance may very well be. |
| VarietyJustin ChangIts scant emotional rewards can't shake off the sense of a prodigiously gifted filmmaker stuck in a grim rut. |
| The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttBiutiful has a strong, linear narrative drive. Nevertheless, and most of all, it's a gorgeous, melancholy tone poem about love, fatherhood and guilt. |
| Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBiutiful, which gets it name from a child's misspelling of the word, is in itself a beautiful, mesmerizing film and Iñárritu's masterpiece. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaBiutiful is strong stuff, it will leave you shaken. There's poetry here, and catastrophe. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigBardem's soulful turn lends this haunting meditation a sense of hope and saves it from the contrived missteps it teeters toward. |