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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreScouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America, delivers just what its title promises, apalling accounts of decade after decade of minimizing horrific abuse by serial boy-rapists, a scandal so big it “dwarfs” the “Catholic Church and Baptist Church” scandals, as one expert testifies in the film.
- 75The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick SchagerThe outrage elicited by Scouts Honor over that situation is compounded by the agonizing commentary of victims.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThis is not an easy watch, but there are also moments of deep emotion and genuine inspiration in the documentary.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussIt’s a complicated situation despite how morally straightforward it appears. Scout’s Honor deserves some kind of merit badge for trying to untangle the knotty, awful mess.
- 70Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerPaste MagazineBrianna ZiglerWhile Scout’s Honor may only anger and dismay the audiences that watch it, it’s still a brutal depiction of the foundation of violence, ignorance and apathy which the entire country is built upon, and of the perpetrating parties who continue to profit from it. In that way, Scout’s Honor is as American as apple pie.
- 60Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn AndersonThe tone is funereal; the tears are abundant. But the evidence that the organization knew that criminals were infiltrating its leadership—the documents referred to in the title were commonly known as the “perversion files”—is substantial and goes largely unchallenged.
- 50The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanKnappenberger does, thankfully, make space for survivors to share their own accounts, and their vulnerability lends authority to an otherwise anonymous film.