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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleAs finely crafted as a great work of literature.
- 83Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanThe word "hermaphrodite" is never actually uttered, for instance, and the whole topic is revealed obliquely, mostly through the puzzled eyes of Alvaro. Most impressively, a tale that could have been handled with condescending simplicity becomes a testament to the flawed but noble humanity of both parents and children.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxEfron's remarkable performance as a wild child who seems to truly exist somewhere betwixt and between is riveting.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoInes Efron and Martin Piroyanski give strong performances as Alex and Alvaro, respectively. Debuting director Lucia Puenzo, who co-scripted, tackles a dicey subject with sensitivity and taste.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThe Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThe story of a young hermaphrodite who's not sure if she's emotionally a boy or a girl manages to be both raw-edged and moving.
- 70VarietyJonathan HollandVarietyJonathan HollandPicture has more in common with standard child-parent conflict dramas than it would probably care to admit, but its sensitive treatment of an equally sensitive theme elevates it into something memorable.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf XXY is imagistically too programmatic (a scene of carrots being sliced is typical of its Freudian heavy-handedness) and devoid of humor, it never seems pruriently exploitative. It sustains an unsettling mood of ambiguity that lingers long after the final credits.
- 63Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe grown-ups in Lucia Puenzo's XXY are a glum lot.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt takes a controlling hand to chisel something more contoured than monotony out of this dense angst, and director Lucía Puenzo doesn't have it, though Inés Efron, as Alex, gives a committed centerpiece performance with a nice, slightly lupine grin.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's set at a beach house, but we see only gray skies, and though Efron has a wary and cutting intelligence (it matches that of the fine actor Ricardo Darin, who plays her father), the effect is tepid and damp.