Critic Reviews

Following a hardworking, goodhearted man as life beats the hell out of him, this documentary is moving almost to the point of exploitation.

If this terrific documentary doesn't adjust your idea of what it means to have a hard life and a good attitude, you haven’t been paying attention.

Pain, poetry and perseverance form the backbone of Mark Becker's compassionate, well-observed documentary.

Mark Becker's Romantico is beautifully realized on old-fashioned film. And that's only part of its charms.

It will be a long time before you forget the deep pain etched into the weary face of Carmelo Muñiz, the mariachi singer at the center of Mark Becker's immensely moving documentary.

The musician is candid about his own demons and gives the filmmakers access to his wife, two very different daughters, and, for a nicely done montage, his family photographs.

A modest documentary, small in scope and ambition, but it achieves one of the higher callings of art in that it forces viewers to look at a something in a newer, deeper and more humane way.

The value of Romantico is that it lets us experience vicariously what Carmelo and others like him go through.

Engrossing pic is impressively shot, edited and scored.

Works best as a beautifully executed and inspirational work of self-sacrifice.