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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliSan Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliBecause Benavides is a south Texas town, the screenplay touches inevitably on the flow of immigrants at the border - and resentment at their presence. But All She Can puts a new face on this resentment, highlighting the frustration of legal Mexican Americans.
- 63Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneThe unconventional choice of extra-curricular activity for Luz sheds light onto the strange sport of powerlifting, in which teen girls are constantly weighed and sometimes told that they have 40 minutes to get three pounds off their bodies so they can compete.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe film proves that closely sketched specificity can trump pedestrian plotting. At least, that is, until steroids rears its ugly and inevitable head and the film veers into morality play and, finally, inspirational uplift.
- 40The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzWorse, you never root for Ms. Calderon's Luz, who goes from sullen to more sullen to a bit less sullen. She has discipline - to lift, she has to keep her weight down and train constantly - but not much compassion and no joy.