My Uncle Rafael

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 20% based on reviews from 5 critics.^[2] On Metacritic the film has a score of 36 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.^[3]

Gary Goldstein of The Los Angeles Times: "My Uncle Rafael elicits plenty of goofy chuckles even as it regularly threatens to fly off the rails. The film, directed by Marc Fusco from a script by Scott Yagemann and star Vahik Pirhamzei (based on a character from Pirhamzei's stage plays), feels a bit made up as it goes along but, like the best send-ups, also never feels so far from the actual truth."^[4]

Nick Schager of The Village Voice: "The term "contrived" doesn't begin to capture the sheer nonsensicality of this sitcom setup, but more painful is Rafael's shtick, which involves delivering endlessly flat punchlines such as, with regard to the show, "A pilot? But I don't fly." When not broadly riffing about love, commitment, and Jay-Z and Kim Kardashian, Rafael heals everyone around him (all of them dull types, including the angry goth teen and misbehaving young son) with advice like "When you learn to love someone without condition, you will be loved in return"—nauseating platitudes that turn the film into a comedy of corny homilies."^[5][6]

• My Uncle Rafael at IMDb