John Leguizamo, Leonor Watling, Jose María Yazpik
A Miami reporter travels to a small Ecuadorian village to cover a series of brutal murders and get the biggest story of his career, tracking a possible serial killer dubbed the Monster of Babahoyo.
DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005
Stats: 134 reviews
You'd expect it to be a murder mystery. But the thing is (I can't quite decide whether it's good or bad), 'Crónicas' is more a case of 'Is it him, or is it not?' than 'Which one is it?'. To say it more clearly, there is only one clear suspect, but the goal of the movie is to find...( read more)
One of the best films of 2006, this peculiar drama/thriller makes Leguizamo fly in a lead that couldn't have been handled by any other actor on the field. Simple yet thughtful.
Pelicula de un investigacion en Columbia. John Leguizamo's es un buen actor en esta pelicula.
I loved John Leguizamo, he is an amazing actor, but this movie was hard to follow at times. I found the story very intriguing story.
I saw this movie a couple of days ago and I'm still thinking about it.It starts off with a really instense scene that almost makes you want to cover your eyes and scream. The movie is about John Leguizamo who plays a reporter that is trying to cover and investigate about a pedoph...( read more)
John L. shows us he can do pretty good w/ his Spanish....Alfred Molina though, he fits the part of the tv announcer fine, but gotta work on that accent! I didn't expect the serial killer slant to figure that much in to the movie....you could see what the deal was from a mile away...( read more)
Cronicas is the kind of movie that grabs you while you're watching, even if later you wish it had grabbed a little harder. full review
[T]he kind of 'small' picture that rarely crops up in the mainstream Hollywood movie system ... an unsettling piece of work -- a scenic and sunlit, chilling film. full review
This film offers a probing look at corruption in TV journalism and focuses on a country rarely glimpsed in movies. full review
A scathing indictment of writer-director Sebastian Cordero's ability to put together a credible story. full review
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