73
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenFor all the hardship they endure, this intimate dual portrait, directed by Lynn True and Nelson Walker, with Tsering Perlo, suggests that their lives are neither more nor less fulfilled than those of any highly stressed upper-middle-class Americans.
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSummer Pasture has an earthy intimacy and compassion for its subjects that will have you thinking about their plight long after they've packed up and moved on for winter.
- 75Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierThe faces of the culture - a group of nomadic Tibetans who raise yak and harvest caterpillar dung from ramshackle tents in the Chinese mountains - resist all but the most vague of ecological or political calls-to-action.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceSummer Pasture is remarkable not merely for documenting the disappearing way of life, but for registering the depth of Yama and Locho's uncertainty about moving on from it.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe subjects - a husband and wife struggling to make ends meet, mostly for the well-being of their infant daughter - are eminently engaging.