Fresh
It's a tribute to the visceral impact of the staging that the film retains its grip despite becoming somewhat predictable, while thematically it's the usual cycle-of-violence hand wringing.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Sin Nombre
The greatest sin of all is risking nothing.
2009 · 1h 36m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Overview
Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.
Director and cast
- Cary Joji Fukunaga Director
- Paulina Gaitán as Sayra
- Edgar Flores as El Casper
- Kristyan Ferrer as El Smiley
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Lil Mago
- Diana García as Martha Marlene
- Luis Fernando Peña as El Sol
- Héctor Jiménez as Leche/ Wounded Man
- Marcela Feregrino as Kimberly
- Noé Hernández as Resistol
- Gerardo Taracena as Horacio
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The actors, particularly Flores, have a documentary reality about them. Their reactions to most of their predicaments, even the ones given away too easily by the script, are real in the most human sense.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Sin Nombre is pure filmmaking: a great story told in beautiful images.
Dan Zak, Washington Post
Fresh
Fukunaga paints better outside the lines, working with cinematographer Adriano Goldman to offer vivid shots of the poverty and despair cutting through Latin America.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
Intense Spanish-language feature debut intrigues but doesn't quite gel.
Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter
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