No (2013)Movie Reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times |

    The film becomes a sort of boxing match, getting more intense with each round, building to an exciting finish. Read full review

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The movie — the third in a trilogy of powerful political dramas from Larraín, including "Tony Manero" and "Post Mortem" — uses period detail, archival footage, and '80s-era technology to create an excellently authentic, bleached, crummy-looking document of a great democratic accomplishment. Read full review

  • 90
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Like "Argo" or "Zero Dark Thirty," the film dramatizes a fertile subject — in this instance, the language of advertising in modern politics. Read full review

  • 88
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    A political drama, a personal drama, a sharp-eyed study of how the media manipulate us from all sides, No reels and ricochets with emotional force. Read full review

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    No grabs you hard, no mercy, and keeps you riveted. Read full review

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    For anyone fascinated by the political process and the powers of persuasive advertising, No is a resounding yes. Read full review

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    No is a comedy, but of a dangerous sort. Its eyes are open and the laughs tend to stick in your throat. Read full review

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | David Rooney

    Anchored by an admirably measured performance from Gael Garcia Bernal as the maverick advertising ace who spearheaded the winning campaign, the quietly impassioned film seems a natural for intelligent arthouse audiences. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Bernal is quite good as the young media specialist - it's always surprising to see how strong a presence he is in his Spanish-language films and how he all-but disappears in his American films. Is it a matter of the roles or the language? The jury is still out. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    The result was remarkable, but the story of it, while true to the moment, needed — ironically — much more dynamism. Read full review

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