All three actors are more than up to the challenge, particularly the radiant Salazar, who feasts upon that rare gift of a role that allows an actress the wrong side of 40 to be funny, sexy and vital without apologizing.
Largely plays down the ethnic stereotyping to deliver a carefully observed, fundamentally human roundelay about the wonders and horrors of looking for someone to love.
Ultimately, A Silent Love transcends its problem-play situation to ponder how the best laid plans for an arranged marriage are no match against the vicissitudes of passion in a romantically besotted culture.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
The movie can't resist putting its key points in italics, but it maintains a refreshingly unsentimental trajectory.
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Robles and Hidalgo ring enough changes on a stock situation that you're never sure where it's going.