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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistAndrew CrumpThe PlaylistAndrew CrumpIf Atkinson’s presentation is just a hair above “competent,” it does the job of exposing the corroded heart of American policing.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAn assured doc debut that knows how to stand out in a crowded field, Craig Atkinson's Do Not Resist avoids the handwringing format of other (very welcome) examinations of 21st-century American policing, offering instead something like a despairing tone poem.
- 80TheWrapSam FragosoTheWrapSam FragosoIt’s not groundbreaking cinema, but Do Not Resist effectively begins (and furthers) this ongoing conversation about the escalating police state, racial profiling, and beyond.
- 75Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSlant MagazineJesse CataldoDirector Craig Atkinson's documentary explicates its points with blunt but persuasive efficiency.
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzA furious and often terrifying documentary about the militarization of US police.
- 70VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergThe doc is stylistically uninspiring, with a tedious threatening sound design, but the powerful subject matter largely overcomes such missteps.
- 70Village VoiceDiana ClarkeVillage VoiceDiana ClarkeDo Not Resist is an order to the viewer: watch.
- 60The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film doesn’t unearth anything that hasn’t already been voiced, and it could use more details on the scope of the phenomenon. But with more police shootings in the headlines just in the past few days, it’s nothing if not timely.
- 58The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkDo Not Resist attempts to present a fair inquiry of police’s use of force. The issue itself is fraught with conflict and, unfortunately, the interest of immediacy of the conversation seems to trump thorough journalism.