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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfRare is the profile that captures so much oddness with so little judgment. You owe yourself a chance to be challenged.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWe're given an intimate seat to this wildly democratic - and creepily messianic - spectacle.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe documentary seems a little structureless and unfocused at times, as Akers moves from dramatic moment to dramatic moment, not always taking care to connect them.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerAn intelligent overview that makes a radical artist's work comprehensible to audiences with no previous awareness of her or her chosen path.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAs entertaining as the documentary is, it never really measures up to the fascination and sheer force of personality of its subject.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMatthew Akers' film is a personally revealing look at an artist most famous for maintaining stone-faced silence for three months.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottLike many other recent documentaries about artists, it is more celebratory than analytical, a kind of slick, extended promotional video for its subject.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceShe's trying to access a shared humanity, to foster an unusual intimacy with viewers - to strip herself, often literally, to a naked and undeniable truth.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis trip through the seminal performance artist's (often literal) body of work is sometimes too cozy, yet Abramovic might argue that objectivity is impossible if truth is the destination.