Amores Perros (2000)

Amores Perros rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 271K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic83%

TMDb7.6/10· 3K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Amores Perros

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.

Cast of Amores Perros

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  Emilio Echevarría

  as El Chivo

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  Gael García Bernal

  as Octavio

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  Vanessa Bauche

  as Susana

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  Goya Toledo

  as Valeria

• 

  Álvaro Guerrero

  as Daniel

• 

  Jorge Salinas

  as Luis

• 

  Marco Pérez

  as Ramiro

• 

  Rodrigo Murray

  as Gustavo

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  Humberto Busto

  as Jorge

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  Gerardo Campbell

  as Mauricio

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  Rosa María Bianchi

  as Tía Luisa

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  Dunia Saldívar

  as Mama Susana

Amores Perros facts

Original title

Amores perros

Budget

$2M

Box office

$20.9M

Our take on Amores Perros

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 2000 debut fans out from a single fatalistic car crash in Mexico City, tracing how the collision binds three lives that would otherwise never meet: a supermodel, a young man plotting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man haunted by his past. Told in interlocking strands, the film moves through the city's contrasting worlds with raw energy and an unsentimental eye for love, betrayal and loss. Restless and emotionally bruising, it suits viewers who appreciate ambitious, multi-strand storytelling and gritty character dramas where chance reshapes everything. Those drawn to Iñárritu's later work will recognize the fractured structure taking early form here.