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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeBeneath the Harvest Sky offers a heartbreakingly authentic, vividly realized account of adolescent frustration and yearning.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczEntertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczThe film’s first half feels almost as directionless as its characters, but the detailed specificity of the milieu and story proves engrossing.
- 70Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonGaudet and Pullapilly have a background in documentaries, and there's a convincing naturalism to their storytelling.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyLike "Winter’s Bone" and "Frozen River," the movie attempts to re-mystify a handful of old tropes—the tragic snitch, crime as a family business—by placing them in unfamiliar terrain.
- 63Slant MagazineNick PriggeSlant MagazineNick PriggeIt flourishes in the spaces between the plot's necessary setups and subsequent payoffs, which is nearly enough to redeem the film if not for the narrative going belly up in the third act.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe rock-solid bond between the film’s two drifting 17-year-olds... is the film’s undeniable highlight but the true depth of their friendship crystallizes quite late and is too often obscured by a subplot involving minor characters caught up in a cross-border drug running operation.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenBeneath the Harvest Sky reaches a dramatic climax that is so rushed and confusing, you are left scratching your head. But for all its missteps, the film feels authentic. Through thick and thin, it stubbornly maintains a thorny integrity.
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloCohen and McAuliffe fail to distinguish their characters from the umpteen previous iterations of “sensible guy and his hotheaded best friend,” and the film winds up less interested in their relationship than in the compelling details of the smuggling operation, with which they’re only tangentially associated.
- 50New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeDirectors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly overload their too-long film with subplots. Yet the actors — including a terrific Aiden Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) as Casper’s no-good father — perform as though unaware that any of this is a cliché.