The devil's backbone's reviews

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Entertainment Weekly

Lisa Schwarzbaum

91

Del Toro builds excitement, dread, and melodrama in equal layers.

Empire

Colin Kennedy

80

Building slowly from a stately start, Del Toro manages to unite all his disparate elements - ghosts and gold, infidelity and politics - for a devastating final reel. The command of sound and colour is breathtaking.

The Washington Post

J. Hoberman

80

The movie is an expert, sunlit chiller audaciously predicated on an unquiet historical memory: "What is a ghost?".

Variety

Jonathan Holland

70

Though it fails in its final reels to capitalize on its early promise, picture is still stylish, accomplished and tremendously enjoyable fare.

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