section_path: Reception/Industry response
section_name: Industry response
paragraph_text: Industry response
  
  Filmmakers Taylor Hackford and Denis Villeneuve both cited Emilia Pérez as one of their favorite films of 2024. James Cameron, who worked with Zoe Saldaña on the Avatar films, praised the film, calling it "bold" and "daring". Emily Blunt called the film "a singular experience". Meryl Streep praised the film and Gomez's performance, describing it as "beautiful, smudged, sensual, incredible". Director Michael Mann called it a "contemporary masterpiece". Fellow directors Paul Schrader, Maggie Betts, R.J. Cutler, Drew Goddard, Michael Gracey, Reinaldo Marcus Green and Nicole Holofcener listed the film as one of their favorites of 2024. Madonna, America Ferrera, Daisy Ridley, Eva Longoria, Jason Reitman, Jeremy O. Harris, Oliver Stone, Denis Villeneuve and other industry figures have also expressed admiration for the film.
  
  Contrasting to the positive industry reaction, the reception found within Mexico's cultural sector was divided. Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro remarked, "It's so beautiful to see a movie that is cinema". Furthermore, Mexican director and writer Issa López praised the film, calling it a "masterpiece". Conversely, Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto described the experience of watching the film as offensive and "completely inauthentic". Gomez's performance and Spanish diction, which generated abundant memes, were described as "indefensible" by Eugenio Derbez, who later retracted after a greatly polarised online response.
  
  Filmmakers Taylor Hackford and Denis Villeneuve both cited Emilia Pérez as one of their favorite films of 2024. James Cameron, who worked with Zoe Saldaña on the Avatar films, praised the film, calling it "bold" and "daring". Emily Blunt called the film "a singular experience". Meryl Streep praised the film and Gomez's performance, describing it as "beautiful, smudged, sensual, incredible". Director Michael Mann called it a "contemporary masterpiece". Fellow directors Paul Schrader, Maggie Betts, R.J. Cutler, Drew Goddard, Michael Gracey, Reinaldo Marcus Green and Nicole Holofcener listed the film as one of their favorites of 2024. Madonna, America Ferrera, Daisy Ridley, Eva Longoria, Jason Reitman, Jeremy O. Harris, Oliver Stone, Denis Villeneuve and other industry figures have also expressed admiration for the film.
  
  Contrasting to the positive industry reaction, the reception found within Mexico's cultural sector was divided. Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro remarked, "It's so beautiful to see a movie that is cinema". Furthermore, Mexican director and writer Issa López praised the film, calling it a "masterpiece". Conversely, Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto described the experience of watching the film as offensive and "completely inauthentic". Gomez's performance and Spanish diction, which generated abundant memes, were described as "indefensible" by Eugenio Derbez, who later retracted after a greatly polarised online response.