The drama is intense but fractured as Trapero shows how millions of poverty-stricken people live in his home country, and how a few brave people attempt to do something about it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 26, 2013

[A] potent drama about the lawless slums of Buenos Aires - it feels like The Mission with all exoticism firmly excised.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2013

The film tries to do too much and its power is on a sliding scale downward, but at times it is ultra-vivid.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 25, 2013

A well constructed, genuinely thrilling drama about spiritual endurance and social commitment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2013

'White Elephant' throws us into the fray of an urban slum without in any way demonising or romanticising the theatre within which Trapero's meandering story unfolds.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2013

There's a lot to think about - sacrifice, faith, poverty and much more - but it all feels too crammed into its running time, and is delivered in an uninspiring fashion.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2013

[Trapero is] as thoughtful and perceptive a filmmaker as ever, using tools appropriate to the goal of drawing attention to systemic social ills.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 28, 2013

Michael Nyman's sweepingly majestic score lends an epic dimension, which feels right alongside the straightforward passion depicted by an evenly balanced, top-drawer cast.

| May 22, 2012

For all the competence and strength of Trapero's direction, the film is not as powerful as it might have been.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 21, 2012