78
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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleAn exceptionally powerful film driven by contradictory forces.
- 90The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisBrutal, urgent, devastating -- the documentary The Devil Came on Horseback demands to be seen as soon as possible and by as many viewers as possible.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAn unnervingly powerful picture of atrocity.
- 88Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrToo often the movies view the problems of Africa through Western eyes, but "Devil" turns that weakness to a literal strength, because Steidle could do nothing in his position except take photographs.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis shouldn't be a competitive sport or anything, but I'm pretty sure that Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern's documentary The Devil Came on Horseback has the most horrifying images I have ever seen in a motion picture.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThese images and reports have stirred consciences without quite stirring decisive action, and an earnest indie doc like this one seems like another cry in the wilderness.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerWhile the point of view of privileged, Anglo observers on African issues usually raises hackles, such is not the case with The Devil Came on Horseback, a tense account of former Marine Capt. Brian Steidle's witnessing of the genocide in Sudan's western province of Darfur.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceUltimately, Devil ponders the optimism/pessimism = apathy/x equation as honestly and studiously as any doc I've ever seen.
- 70Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIncisive and possibly a bit melodramatic as it lays out the reasons and the results of the violent campaign and marshals indignation on behalf of the victims while crying out for Western engagement.
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIf you don't already have a handle on the complicated conflict at the heart of Darfur's ongoing genocide, you probably won't come away from this harrowing documentary with any comprehensive understanding.