All in all, Call + Response makes alarmingly clear how ugly, pervasive and out-in-the-open the trade in humans for sex or labor often is.
50
Variety
Variety
Remarkably informative yet gracelessly constructed, jumping between documentary and concert footage at random.
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
There is much to recommend this earnest and enraged film.
40
L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
The result is like "American Idol" meets C.A.R.E. infomercial.
30
Washington Post
Washington Post
The result doesn't really work. The music videos don't seem connected to anything, and there's not nearly enough about the actual victims of the trade. But it's a documentary with its heart and its outrage in the right place.