Queens (Reinas)

It's lovely and sweet.

Seemingly inconsequential moments — like a cozy house party scene — shine with loving specificity, making the perpetual return to the Carlos drama feel dutiful.

Has a sense of authenticity that a native of the Andean nation like myself can fully attest to. [Full review in Spanish]

Reinas is an affecting human documentation, a nostalgic love letter for home as well as a persuasive and provoking historical record. All that we look for in good cinema.

The director leverages the perceived smallness of “Reinas,”centered on a former couple eventually united via a common preoccupation, to surreptitiously tackle the more expansive issues that in turn pushed its protagonists into their personal dilemma.

Emotional drama about a family dealing with reunions and changes.

Reinas tells a simple but strong story about how much people can be affected by forces they cannot control. I just wanted the stakes to be a bit higher.

As much as Klaudia Reynicke’s Reinas is a story of escaping reality, it is very much the projection of a father's avoidance of accountability.


Reynicke’s film resists teasing out more pat narrative threads... and instead concerns itself with the small, personal moments that define relationships&#59; the stories we tell, the time we spend, and the ways we try, and too often fail, to show love. 

Mildly engaging and quietly moving, but undercooked, underwhelming and sugar-coated.