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Mondays in the Sun (2003) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mondays in the Sun (2003) a score of 2.6969 out of 4
based on (72) reviews
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Excellent
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(36)
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(27)
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Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
The performances are relaxed. The open-ended, vignette-like structure of the filmmaking sometimes imitates the movement of weary, life-worn men nursing liquor. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)
A piece of sophisticated, subtle filmmaking that is both thoughtful and thought-provoking. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Moving, often hilarious examination of masculine frustration with a sharply observed script and impressive performances from its cast. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
To the patient viewer, the rewards are many, especially Bardem's performance. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Variety (Jonathan Holland)Variety (Jonathan Holland)
A tough-but-tender movie driven by perfectly modulated performances, an accomplished script and naturalistic dialogue, all at the service of an oft-told message about overcoming circumstances. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Variety (Jonathan Holland)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.12 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Bardem injects a shaggy, compassionate humor throughout, aided by a wry and moving ensemble cast and co-writer/director Fernando León de Aranda's eye for the offbeat. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Will look and feel all too familiar to victims of the jobless recovery, or at least those who can afford to see the movie. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
A true, fine and involvingly human piece of work. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
What keeps us involved in this perceptive film is the beautiful acting of its cast ... and the way the movie balances grim reality with bits of fancy that feel oddly perfect. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
The best thing that can be said about this funny, poignant and compassionate film is that watching it is not work. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Instead of pacing, it offers terrific performances and a wonderful sense of small-time tragedy ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
[De Aranoa is] a gentle, realist social worker, and the well-acted movie he's made to showcase his humanism is incredibly moving. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Aranoa’s storytelling is full of fire and nuance, and his striking, heartbreaking, mutedly hopeful film exhibits the spirit of its Italian neo-realist predecessors. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
A strongly constructed and effective drama. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Seems born not of contrivance but genuine, hurtful truth ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (James Verniere)Boston Herald (James Verniere)
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Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere Magazine (Peter Debruge)Premiere Magazine (Peter Debruge)
Javier Bardem plays the part with all the pent-up animal rage of a young Robert De Niro ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Premiere Magazine (Peter Debruge)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (--)Baltimore Sun (--)
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Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)
Bardem gives what might have been too slow and plodding a movie its heart and its humor. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Mondays in the Sun, a poignant character study set in the industrial boneyard of Vigo on Iberia's north coast, is in Spanish and the international language of unemployment. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
A quintessentially European, methodically paced and intelligent slice of life. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Loach makes a working metaphor of the old ant-and-grasshopper story, but the film's images are what echo the loudest. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Megan Lehmann)New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
There's also enough laconic humor, warming camaraderie and hopeful stabs at dignity to keep the story from assuming the glum gunmetal gray of its setting on the coast of northwestern Spain. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)
The tired and washed-out Spanish town is a fitting backdrop for these men - a place where life moves on around them at an uninspiring pace. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The story's rambling, meandering style is just right for the melancholy subject being explored, and all the acting is excellent. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott)The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
This slow, episodic film is held together by the galvanic presence of Javier Bardem. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
It's a long and relatively underdramatized film, but it's powerfully true. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
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Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Imagine "The Full Monty" without any of the feel-good uplift, and you'd be pretty close to capturing what this bitter -- and often bitterly funny -- film from Spain is all about. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
It has nice little touches, and some solid performances, but in the end nothing is accomplished. It is as though the film itself is unemployed. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
The lack of sentimentality and rhetoric is refreshing. It's a grown-up movie about some harsh facts of life. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)
Tinged with sadness, and despite overstaying its welcome a wee bit, remains an anthem of insurrection, melding its political and humanistic truths into an almost dreamily subversive film tinged with humor and some small hope. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Though buoyed by excellent, unflinching performances, this melancholy drama reflects the dismally monotonous lives of its subjects just a little too well. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It is intensely involving at the outset, but it faces an insoluble problem: The story, like the characters, has no place to go. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Mondays in the Sun (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
As boring as a trip across Kansas on a Greyhound bus. ...read the complete Mondays in the Sun movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
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