Viva's reviews
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Entertainment Weekly
Havana?s crumbling trapped-in-time beauty also plays a starring role, but it?s Medina who provides the movie?s raw, tender heart.
New York Times
It infuses a too-familiar story with so much heart that you surrender to its charm and forgive it for being unabashedly formulaic.
Los Angeles Times
Nothing happens you won't see coming, but it's all so deftly done you're more than happy to wait for the inevitable to arrive.
The Hollywood Reporter
Despite the predictable touches in the script by Mark O?Halloran, director Paddy Breathnach reveals a sensitive touch with the material.
The Washington Post
The story is slightly melodramatic, but director Paddy Breathnach finds ways to make it surprisingly moving at times, in the same way that he makes the Havana slums look paradoxically beautiful.
Cinemanía
The political metaphor, with Jorge Perugorría as defeated former boxer who represents the new Cuba, is something simplistic but it works.
Fotogramas
Uncritically with the system, 'Live' it is a fresh portrait of a free Cuba but, yes libertine.
The Playlist
A moving movie that tries too hard to please and thus never truly satisfies.