The film, like the misattributed quote Anna solemnly parrots, is as hollow as the old tree in the Beams’ backyard.
As a woman, Nancy Meyers is more vulnerable to bad reviews and poor box office than Michael Bay.
The film doles out a shock or hits a usually hollow emotional note every few minutes with mechanical precision.
Like most omnibus movies, Revolución is uneven and sometimes underdeveloped.
Only Fernando Eimbcke’s The Welcome Ceremony, the first episode of this anthology film, is a marvel of short-form filmmaking.
The film doesn’t persuasively put convincing flesh on people caught in the immigration firestorm.