Garbus spent three years patiently mining for beauty in the ugliest of environments. The remarkable result stands as a challenge to anyone who would have seen only the worst and walked right by.
80
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Despite similar excess, Garbus's follow-up to 2002's "The Execution of Wanda Jean" provides another powerful glimpse inside the American justice system.
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Gripping and even-handed film.
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Detailed, compassionate, humane.
70
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
By turns chilling, depressing, yet guardedly optimistic documentary.
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
A fine example of what a filmmaker can achieve when she takes on a great subject and lets it play out with all the respect and attention it deserves.
70
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Garbus knows how to catch people at their most open, as they define their own types and simultaneously transcend them.