...Valadez and Rondero find the imagery of a film that portrays, with stealth and understanding, the fate surrounding the children of organized crime. [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 25, 2025

It's good to remember, and Sujo does, that people who live in poverty also laugh, fall in love, and fight for happiness. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2025

There's a glimmer of interest in the film's narrative contortions, and it's admirable that the directors have taken its subject seriously. However, it's just not thrilling enough.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 20, 2025

Sins of the father, a grand theme in The Godfather, burns bright here as our titular character is targeted simply because of patriarchal transgressions. Atmospheric and sometimes poetic, Sujo also lacks a focused and enveloping narrative.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 19, 2024

The film’s echoing feel comes with a ruminative pace, along with curt dialogue and often plain performances... Sujo’s watchfulness cuts against our expected pessimistic thrills.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 16, 2024

A strongly intended and conceived film, but without the passion of the earlier work.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2024

Avoids as much as possible empty romanticism, unnecessary aesthetic embellishments and, above all, absolute responses. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 11, 2024

Without oversimplifying or being naive, directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez offer a hopeful look at the victims of marginalization and violence in Mexico. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2024

Emphasizing mood and atmosphere, this elliptical Mexican coming-of-age drama is a powerful glimpse into the haunting legacy of cartel violence.

| Dec 7, 2024

"Sujo" is an evocative film guided by magic and compassion.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 6, 2024

Sujo ... [is] a thoughtful and ultimately devastating look at what it means to come of age under circumstances that seem to set one's future in stone.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 6, 2024

So much of what makes “Sujo” an intriguing experience is how it weaves together a story that may have familiar elements on the surface but can mine a deep well of emotion through its execution.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 26, 2024

Sujo thus becomes a narrative that, without losing its critical tone, allows a closer and more human vision of stories we generally see from a distance. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 3, 2024

Delve into the turbulent life of a Michoacán tinged with violent executions, testosterone-charged gangs and a bucolic life that results in soothing magical realism typical of the imagination of an orphan son of a hitman. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 29, 2024

The impressive visuals and intoxicating atmosphere of Sujo are ultimately overshadowed by a surprisingly slight and scattered narrative.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2024

A picturesque chronicle of a young man’s life and the long shadow cast from whence he came, it represents another assured piece of work from the creators of IDENTIFYING FEATURES.

| Sep 23, 2024

A humanist look that suits contemporary Mexican cinema very well. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 17, 2024

Sujo is a gentle film about a harsh world, and its patience and sensitivity give space for a refreshingly different kind of story about the Mexican drug wars to emerge than we are typically used to seeing.

| Aug 20, 2024

Violence is the bedrock of Sujo’s life. Empathy, love, and forgiveness is the soil above it. Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero plant seeds of life in the devastating Mexican drama.

| Jul 19, 2024

This idea of being unable to escape one's fate looms over Sujo...and though it doesn't offer an outright answer to the debate, its meditation on the matter makes for a gripping coming-of-age drama.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 12, 2024