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Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80CineVueMatthew AndersonCineVueMatthew AndersonRiccobono neither condemns nor sympathises, maintaining a commendable neutrality, as his subjects frank testimony paves the way to jail cells.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe betrayal of Native Americans by larger forces looms over this powerful movie without ever being explicitly discussed.
- 80Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonAn empathetic, often heartbreaking piece of work, at times tough to watch – one party scene is particularly grim and confrontational – at others calm and contemplative.
- 75The Film StageDan MeccaThe Film StageDan MeccaThis is spare-but-effective filmmaking.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe first couple of reels are very loosely structured, with no one identified onscreen, which gives the film a verite edge but which also means that it takes a good while for the material to find its footing and make it clear what and, more importantly, who, the film is exactly about.
- 70Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriThe movie is less about making a grand social statement and more about conveying the ground-level desolation of this world. Riccobono films it all with intelligence, sensitivity, and a feel for offhand poetry; his camera captures moments of intimacy and tension without ever quite intruding.
- 60Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramUplifting it isn’t, but there’s poetry to be found in these desperate lives, and Riccobono never judges or sensationalises his subjects. Sensitive, if slightly unfocused.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonA gruelling watch and a searing indictment of America's disregard for its indigenous peoples.
- 60The GuardianLeslie FelperinThe GuardianLeslie FelperinThis documentary, by the first-time director Jack Pettibone Riccobono, is a deep drink of bleak. But there are incidental moments of beauty or startling surreality to marvel at.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe documentary renders poverty a mysterious entity instead of a curable malady of systemic exclusion.