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Metascore
18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBoth a beautiful film and a disturbing one, and the connection between those two characteristics makes it the most disquieting of documentaries.
- 75PremiereEthan AlterPremiereEthan AlterThis is one movie that's guaranteed to linger in your mind after you leave the theater, whether you want it to or not.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirI still have unanswered moral questions about the film -- unanswered because unanswerable, I suspect -- but it's a beautiful, wrenching, horrifying work of cinema, unlike anything I have ever seen or will see again.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyCompelling result is handled with enough dignified artistry to quell most fears of exploitation.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThis eerie and indelible documentary about suicide juxtaposes transcendent beauty with personal tragedy.
- 67The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe Bridge packs a visceral emotional wallop. How could it not? But along with plenty of difficult questions, Steel's film leaves a sour, disturbing aftertaste.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceGhoulish documentary.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe result is an attractive, well-intentioned film that is surprisingly dull and uninvolving.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDespite the proficient technique, after a while you may feel you're watching a particularly scenic snuff film.
- 0Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis is a new form of obscenity that might be called suicide porn. It's not just the voyeuristic surveillance that's obscene, but the use of suicide footage as counterpoint to other stories as they're told. Steel shows no special insight into the subject, though even that couldn't justify such hideousness.