Dragging along in a tedious rhythm of long takes and big talk, "Hamaca Paraguaya" is a cinematic bust. Reportedly, the last Paraguayan film to be shot in 35mm to have a theatrical release was made in the 1970s. Cinematically, "Hamaca Paraguaya" resembles a student film circa 1970, when young filmmakers studied the long takes of Antonioni and were flush with the absurdist dialogue of such playwrights as Beckett and Pirandello.

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