Critic Reviews

While Ripstein’s satirical approach lends an appealing bassline, his format fails to capture the victory’s emotional resonance.

As a study of how the World Cup sausage is made, the film could go deeper and dirtier; as a crowdpleaser about the business of crowdpleasing, it’s more or less on point.

México 86 may be a little too inside baseball — er, fútbol — for some, but its light breezy comedy goes down well.

One need look no further than “Marty Supreme” to see how Mexico 86 might have complicated the audience’s sympathies, but this straightforward crowd-pleaser doesn’t wish to see beyond Martín’s charm.