Coming-of-age family drama has mature themes, cursing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2019

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 24, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4 | Jan 24, 2005

Valentn joins an ever-lengthening list of films about children from broken families. No better or worse than most, it boasts Almodvar favorite Maura, who is splendid, as always. Agresti also does a fine job as the father.

| Jan 24, 2005

Whether you ease into the languid and semi-treacly flow of this big-hearted Argentinean import or instead scoff at the child's-eye platitudes contained within will have much to do with your tolerance of preposterously cute moppets in dire straits.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 24, 2005

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 24, 2005

Writer/director Alejandro Agresti proves adept at reminding us that everybody's heart is a nation-state unto itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2004

Hilarious and genuinely touching.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 24, 2004

Occasionally charming, but it's as manipulative as it is heartfelt.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 18, 2004

An affecting coming-of-age story with universal appeal.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 18, 2004

For most of its running time Valentin rambles along in the same gear, providing few highs or lows and generating any real emotional excitement only in the last reel, by which time you've either fallen for the kid or zoned out.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Jun 18, 2004

Sporting thick, black-rimmed glasses, a runaway imagination and enough nervous energy to light up Manhattan, Noya turns what could have been a pitiful character into a rambunctious imp.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 17, 2004

The winsome child/unappreciative adults memoir is almost a genre unto itself. But this version is particularly well-cast and well-told.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 17, 2004

A delightfully precious, melon-headed little boy reminds the world's Jerry Maguires that the grass is greener on every side.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 10, 2004

The short-sighted "Valentn" fails to warm the heart.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 8, 2004

Charming, bittersweet and endearing.

| Jun 7, 2004

Agresti has a decent cast here, but his story is so thin, it threatens to float right off the screen, even when late plot developments add a twist or two.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 4, 2004

A delightful film -- funny, sweet and touching.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 4, 2004

A child's film for adults.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jun 4, 2004