Critic Reviews

• Megan Lehmann, New York Post

  Director Francisco de Lombardi fills his sensual film with plenty of gorgeous shots of the lush landscape and its equally exotic, miniskirted 'fauna.'

• Nick Rutigliano, Village Voice

  This film might've fared better if those involved realized how fiercely their material begs for a plunge into the deep end.

• Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

  A pedestrian film that provides little more than a superficial treat.

• Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

  Pantaleon y las Visitadoras, which has three distinct acts, each of which works as a self-contained little film, runs a whopping 138 minutes. But it remains enjoyable, even as it grows darker.

• Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News

  Promises to skewer sexual politics but instead turns out to be a one-joke pony.

• David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter

  Wears one down with a long running time and diminishing returns on its wicked premise.

• David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune

  Francisco Lombardi's film is a bit long, but upholds comedy and jungle sensuality on a very amusing tripod.

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  Sex comedy has a fun premise, but is surprisingly neither very sexy nor funny.

• Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  Del Solar's performance as the quintessential company man gives the film an unexpected poignancy: Neither a rebel nor a conscienceless drone, he's a man who knows his limitations and tries to do his best within them.

• Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

  For a long time, the moive gets by on kooky, erotic charm.

• Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

  This may not seem to be the stuff of comedy, but a comedy it is, and a compelling one too, laden with hot sex and standout performances,

• Mark Olsen, L.A. Weekly

  Without the character detail and internal motivations that presumably exist in the novel, the film feels too schematic, a reduction to types going through the paces of plot.

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