“The maternal influence is muted, but Mendes is scrubbily committed to, and convincing in, the part.”

“The film opens with the expressionless face of a scrubbily bearded, bespectacled Mexican.”

“Somehow, the stained, scrubbily painted areas of khaki, olive drab and tan, organized by looping lines and blocks of black, impart a sense of some vast tragedy.”