Editing Once Upon a Time in Mexico (section)

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' holds an approval rating of 66% based on 168 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Violent, pulpy, loopy fun, with Depp stealing the show."<ref>{{cite web|title=Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/once_upon_a_time_in_mexico|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Flixster]]|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews"
.<ref>{{cite web|title=Once Upon a Time in Mexico|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|title=Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) B-|work=[[CinemaScore]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|archive-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>

''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Like [[Sergio Leone|Leone]]'s [[Once Upon a Time in the West|movie]], the Rodriguez epic is more interested in the moment, in great shots, in surprises and ironic reversals and closeups of sweaty faces, than in a coherent story."<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=''Once Upon A Time in Mexico''|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=September 12, 2003|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico-2003|access-date =August 14, 2021}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] wrote in his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', "But in the end, the punched-up editing and vibrant color schemes start to grow tiresome, and Mr. Rodriguez, bored with his own gimmickry and completely out of ideas, responds by pushing the violence to needlessly grotesque extremes."<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott|first=A.O.|author-link=A.O. Scott|title=Guitar in His Hand, Revenge in His Heart|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 12, 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/film-review-guitar-in-his-hand-revenge-in-his-heart.html|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>

In her review for ''[[USA Today]]'', [[Claudia Puig]] wrote, "In ''Mexico'', Rodriguez has fashioned a swaggering fantasy that pays homage to spaghetti Westerns such as Sergio Leone's ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''. Plenty of blood is shed, much powerful artillery is fired, and action sequences provide astounding car crashes and fiery explosions."<ref>{{cite news|last=Puig|first=Claudia|author-link=Claudia Puig|title=Depp fans flames in quirky ''Mexico''|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 11, 2003|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-09-11-mexico_x.htm|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', [[Owen Gleiberman]] gave the film a "B" rating and praised Depp's performance with its "winking grace notes of Brandoesque flakery ... is as minimal and laid-back as his ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' turn was deep-dish theatrical".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|title=Once Upon A Time in Mexico|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 5, 2003|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/09/04/once-upon-time-mexico-2/}}</ref>