72
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisRecording every success and setback, the wrenching documentary Crime After Crime favors the personal over the political, creating a no-frills portrait of a stoic and remarkably unembittered woman.
- 83The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThrough the ceaseless efforts of two dedicated pro bono lawyers-both with personal reasons to keep up the fight for five or six grueling years-director Yoav Potash follows every revelation and setback with an urgency most fiction films can't muster.
- With its bittersweet outcome, this is a tremendously moving story, strong in social commitment and deftly woven out of years of footage.
- 80New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThis story doesn't go well with popcorn, and you won't be able to shake it off like so many blockbusters. That said, it's likely to be the most unforgettable film you see all summer.
- 75Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerIt not only makes for riveting cinematic drama (all the more impressive given that it relies so heavily on recounted words rather than illustrated actions), but for first-rate muckraking.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe tale itself is extraordinary, so why not let it do the talking? When Crime After Crime sifts through the facts, we feel the pull of justice; those moments might be enough.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoicePotash's first feature-length documentary otherwise does justice to its subject's wrenching story.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoPotash's film tells an important and disturbing story, but his presentation is uninspired and non-cinematic. It's best left to TV.
- Stylistically dull, Crime After Crime proceeds from one talking-head interview to the next, sticking to sentiment.