Few films in recent years have received as much lavish praise as Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma. A compilation of critics’ top ten lists has it in the #1 spot with a 200-point lead over the next title. It has been repeatedly called a masterpiece and even, by more than a few writers, one of the greatest films ever made.

Can any movie possibly be worthy of all that hype? Can Roma live up to those expectations?

My answer: It doesn’t, until it does. And then it somehow surpasses them.

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