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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerWhat keeps the film watchable, aside from the vibrant musical numbers in the nightclub, is Garcia's obvious love for the Cuba of his ancestors, of his dreams. A lot goes wrong in this overlong movie, but it has a human touch.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenA handsome production but one that struggles to integrate its various elements -- cabaret-society glamour, intellectual fervor, family drama, impossible romance and droll humor.
- 50VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA handsomely produced, deeply passionate, but seriously flawed historical epic whose reach far exceeds its grasp. Somewhere inside this overlong, sometimes engaging, often tedious affair, there may be a solid, 100-minute movie.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyCompelling in fits and starts, actor-director Andy Garcia's The Lost City possesses grand aspirations but troublesome execution.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIn its groggy way The Lost City holds your attention. Incoherent, but splendidly panoramic and drenched in wonderful Cuban music, it has the texture of a vivid, intoxicating dream that seems to mean something until you wake up and feel it slipping away. All that remains are feelings and impressions connected by a mood.
- In an era when so many films are cynical, cash-grabbing mechanisms of global corporate culture, no more and no less, it is frustrating to come across a work such as this, in which the grasp-exceeding reach and reckless vision of its creators become the biggest drawbacks rather than the film's greatest assets.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghBill Murray plays the secondary role of a nameless American gag writer brimming with one-liners about the absurdity of Cuban life, Dustin Hoffman has a cameo as kvetching gangster Meyer Lansky.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardWhen an intensely emotional scene calls for the voice to break, call in Andy Garcia. He does the best voice-breaking, half-choked sob of anguish in the business, and he does it a lot in Lost City, his well-meaning directorial debut.
- 30Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonGarcia's tale bemoans the loss of easy wealth for a precious few. Poor people are absolutely absent; Garcia and Infante seem to have thought that peasant revolutions happen for no particular reason--or at least no reason the moneyed 1 percent should have to worry about.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickSometimes there's a fine line between a labor of love and a vanity project, and The Lost City, Andy Garcia's heartfelt - but hackneyed and interminable - love letter to his native Cuba, repeatedly crosses it.