81
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangRessa’s seemingly boundless energy, good humor and intelligence make her basically a power plant for the manufacture of inspiration in embattled times.
- 89Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDiaz stays out of the way of her own lens, instead giving a portrait in context of Ressa's valiant struggle for truth, and her determination to simply do the job even as she becomes part of the story.
- 88RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoDiaz displays a remarkable skill with editing hours of footage about a complex issue into a tight piece of non-fiction filmmaking that makes its point often merely by bearing witness to history being made in the Philippines.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe film is an essential character-driven document of a moment in the history of a country facing some challenges that are disturbingly familiar and others, thank goodness, that Americans will find very foreign.
- 80Film ThreatNorman GidneyFilm ThreatNorman GidneyWhile it would be impossible to end A Thousand Cuts on a positive note, Diaz holds fast on her subject and Ressa’s determination to fight for what she believes in. This lights a path towards hope and the belief that truth and justice will ultimately prevail in a climate where lies spread faster than facts.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe movie is loaded with moments meant to generate shock and outrage, but it could use more shoe-leather procedural scenes, showing in detail how Ressa’s team goes about investigating the police’s abuses of their constitutional authority.
- 75Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiThe film uses endangered press freedom in the Philippines to illustrate the threat posed to liberal democracy by weaponized social media.
- 70Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaAs the film focuses more tightly on [Ressa], it becomes a more gripping document. And it certainly is gripping, as the cloud of menace threatening her becomes firmer.