Borrego fails to be thought-provoking or contemplative on the matters it seems to be about.
Borrego is a film with an identity crisis. Not entirely the film promised in its opening scroll and it ends up never fully grasping the depth of what it is trying to convey. The opening text of the film references the rise of prescription drug usage, overdoses and drug-related deaths in America. It points to fentanyl and ADHD stimulants as being starting points for this upward trend. It also includes a note about how all of this is impacting the lives of people on the border.
Narratively the film also falters, even without the weight of what it is trying to represent. Elly is a troubled woman who indicates that the use of prescription drugs has had horrible ramifications on her life, but that is never expanded upon or addressed. It feels like there is meant to be some link between her usage of drugs and the drugs that she is now forced to shoulder with Tomas as he forces her to lead him to his destination.
As a whole, the film is an overwhelming disappointment. It never feels like it is genuinely engaging with the crisis at hand; rather, fragments of depth flutter about, aimless. Clearly, there is the intention to shine a light on the victims who get brought into these tragic situations, such as Tomas and, to a certain degree, Guillermo. But Harris undercuts those nuanced portrayals by centering on a white American woman who must flee the bad brown Latino man.
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