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Maria Full Of Grace Reviews

2004

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These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl. Read more

Starring	Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Bobby Plasencia, John Álex Toro
Director	Joshua Marston
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Involving drama centred on a fine performance by Catalina Sandino Moreno, but one that raises more questions than it answers.
- 35068
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  - 10
  Powerful and Insightful
  
  This is a powerful and intelligent movie that should not be missed. It follows the life of Maria, a Colombian peasant girl, who she tries to find a solution to... read more »
  
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  - James Waddell
  - London, UK
  - 17 Apr 2005 at 21:25
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  A simple story, beautifully told
  
  Maria Full of Grace is a slow paced but surprising gripping film portraying a very human story behind the serious problem of drug trafficking. American director... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 Aug 2011 at 12:37
- - 1
  - 0
  A bit thin
  
  It was so nearly a brilliant film; there were moments of pathos, horror - all sorts - but somehow it just didn't quite get there. I think it was because the... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 10 Jul 2011 at 21:32
- - 0
  - 0
  Maria full of drugs
  
  This is the sort of thing that we know it goes on but we bury our heads in the sand about it. I thought this was a very well made movie and just shows that the ... read more »
  
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- - stuntmanbob
  - 47 reviews
  - diss
  - 10 May 2011 at 10:05
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  - 0
  bit of an anti climax.
  
  A very watchable film but it never really gets where you want it to get and a few things were unanswered...that being said it was shot very well and i was glued... read more »
  
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- - Mainland
  - 32 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 30 Jan 2011 at 12:42
- - 0
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  An insight into the dirty world of drug traffiking
  
  The news media gives us the basic facts about drug trafficing - whilst this film portrays a graphic insight into the human misery of young girls lured by the ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Jammyhouse
  - 123 reviews
  - Wakefield
  - 16 Dec 2010 at 11:51
- - 2
  - 0
  kept me gripped
  
  this film kept me gripped, it is a great film that is not like a standard hollywood glitz and glammar but real life raw and edgy. a must see. The spanish ... read more »
  
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- - emamckay
  - 1 review
  - coventry
  - 12 Nov 2010 at 20:28
- - 0
  - 0
  A solid performance
  
  Columbian film with subtitles. A strong and solid performance from Catalina Moreno as the young girl persuaded to act as a drug mule. Great supporting roles too... read more »
  
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- - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Nov 2010 at 16:28
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  pretty good, could have been great
  
  certainly ,not bad, first half of the film, upto the part the main character leaves for the USA is really good, it is slow going maybe too slow for some, i ... read more »
  
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- - davep84
  - 4 reviews
  - uk
  - 04 Sep 2010 at 17:50
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  Dramatic true to life really good film
  
  Dramatic and well acted film.Depressing sometimes but it just shows how not to get caught up in the world of drugs
  
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  - PORTH
  - 22 Aug 2010 at 17:11
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  Maria full Of Grace
  
  When I realised this was a foreign film i almost switched it off,but im pleased i didnt.It was a really good story.makes you realise the lengths people go to ... read more »
  
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- - pinty
  - 206 reviews
  - South Shields
  - 05 Jul 2010 at 19:17
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- - 248
  - 10
  Powerful and Insightful
  
  This is a powerful and intelligent movie that should not be missed. It follows the life of Maria, a Colombian peasant girl, who she tries to find a solution to... read more »
  
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- 93456
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - James Waddell
  - London, UK
  - 17 Apr 2005 at 21:25
- - 37
  - 17
  This is real you will be surprised
  
  This is one the best films I have ever seen. This is the pure reality. You must watch it.
  
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  - Leicester, England.
  - 18 Feb 2005 at 19:47
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  - 2
  A film everyone can get something from
  
  A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family. Great acting throughout, the film doesn't offer any... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 24 Aug 2005 at 11:45
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  Completely Captivating
  
  One of the best films of the year, with a superb performance from Maria who combines a beatific beauty with a feisty spirit. When she is faced with that first ... read more »
  
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- - pinkie
  - london
  - 08 Sep 2005 at 10:35
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  An insight into the world of Drug Trafficking
  
  This film is disturbing at times but seems to tell the story from a real insight point of view. One of those films that stays with you for a while!
  
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- - Alex Sacker
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2005 at 13:15
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  An Amazing Film
  
  The story and the acting combine to make this totally captivating - it is irrelevant that there are sub-titles because one becomes glued to the screen to follow... read more »
  
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- - HCON
  - Cornwall
  - 31 Aug 2005 at 13:15
- - 8
  - 1
  Colombia does it for me
  
  I heard about this film from a colombian friend at work,who persuaded me to check it out. Not expecting too much from the film, I was pleasantly surprised.read more »
  
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- - dion21uk2
  - London
  - 06 Apr 2005 at 00:18
- - 7
  - 1
  Maria Full of Paste!
  
  Ms Moreno really is 'full of grace' as a intelligent and feisty pregnant teenager looking to break out of the shackles of poverty to which she is ... read more »
  
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- - Grizzlybear
  - Swindon, England
  - 14 Dec 2005 at 13:36
- - 6
  - 1
  eye-opening
  
  i thought it took a lot to shock me until i saw this film-it follows the story of maria as she swallows rubber bags full of heroin and transports them into the ... read more »
  
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  - my house,the world
  - 05 Dec 2005 at 13:54
- - 6
  - 3
  Very poor
  
  Predictable and very dull
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 05 Mar 2006 at 22:34

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