One would anticipate the crafting of a sinister satire here, but the film is dead serious and overidentified with Cowboy Cupid's boastful, smirking posturing. A camera in the hand of a director should be more than just a piece of surveillance equipment.

| Sep 29, 2007

The laid-back, bittersweet peek into this flourishing but little-known world will gratify and intrigue.

| Mar 1, 2007

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Taking on a topic-a matchmaker of white American males with Mexican women-that both high-minded liberals and flag-toting conservatives would find offensive, Ohayon refuses to pass judgment on her subjects, instead quietly stands back and lets them talk.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 19, 2006

This charming documentary follows Ivan Thompson, the self-proclaimed 'Cowboy Cupid,' as he finds Mexican brides for American men who feel they've exhausted their options on their side of the border.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 2, 2006

Thompson is no McNamara, and Cowboy del Amor is no Fog of War. But there is something hypnotic about this self-styled romance expert expounding on the fog of love.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 24, 2006

Michle Ohayon's Cowboy del Amor turns out to be one of the sweetest, funniest and most enjoyable nonfiction films you are likely to see this year.

Full Review | Feb 23, 2006

The film doesn't quite manage to sustain interest for the duration of its 86-minute running time.

Full Review | Feb 22, 2006

It's filled with humor and surprises, and no one is more surprising than Thompson himself.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Ohayon doesn't judge Thompson or his customers, but you don't need to be a Harvard-educated psychiatrist to realize that the bunch of them are dirty old men who treat women as commodities.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Every moment of this story - about America's unlikeliest matchmaker -- is fascinating. We just need more of them.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 10, 2006

I think he knows very well that, at the core of his black little heart, he's basically just a joker of love -- and a danged good one at that.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Deft and ebullient.

| Feb 10, 2006

It's hard to get past the subject matter and judge this on its value as a documentary because the concept is truly unpleasant.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Feb 10, 2006

It gently sheds light on the ways in which people seek new terrain in love when their familiar surroundings let them down.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2006

Michèle Ohayon's documentary is a slyly insightful portrait of conflicting expectations in the search for the perfect partner.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2006

The movie's real subject -- remains only superficially explored.

| Feb 9, 2006

A 60-year-old eccentric with a knack for self-promotion, Thompson makes an engaging documentary subject.

| Feb 7, 2006

A well-done, oft-times entertaining documentary as it presents this unique brand of matchmaking that may or may not be the ideal situation for both parties. You be the judge.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 14, 2006

What makes Cowboy Del Amor truly a step above most of its genre is the surprising turn of events that leaves the matchmaker and match-made switching places, as their lives take ironic swings that Oyayo could only have hoped for.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 14, 2006