77
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeAt nearly two hours, the film might strike some as overlong, and yet the edit finds so many masterful connections en route to its exhilarating climax that it’s easy to fall under the pic’s hypnotic spell.
- 90Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe film is a wonder of desert skies, slick tunnels, bumptious fence- and wall-climbing, and occasional staged reveries.
- 75Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe documentary lingers on silences and reveals its subjects only through moments of quotidian behavior.
- 70Screen DailyMark AdamsScreen DailyMark AdamsAn intriguing and absorbing delve into almost alien parts of the United States.
- 70The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldMr. Steiner’s tightly interconnected documentary, with transporting shots, visits people on the margins in the United States.
- 50The Film StageJacob OllerThe Film StageJacob OllerMany of the cuts and interplay between subjects seem like filler rather than commentary; the lightshows of LEDs and flashlights dancing off the dank walls of sewers reveal no more than a flashy visual sensibility.