12 Days
Icarus Films | Release Date: March 16, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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90
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMar 15, 2018
By keeping the camera focused on the faces of patients and judges alike, Depardon — working again with sound recordist and producer Claudine Nougaret — reveals shreds of humanity, and even moments of hilarity, in these closed-door sessions. Read full review
80
The GuardianWendy IdeMar 15, 2018
It’s a quietly devastating film. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonMar 15, 2018
None of the interactions come across as a sham or an empty formality. Patients are treated with respect, at least in the hearings room.... There’s also genuine and inadvertent humor in the midst of sadness and administrative formalities. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 15, 2018
[A] lucid, focused and adamant documentary. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMar 14, 2018
At times unbearably intimate, even invasive, the photographer-documentarian Raymond Depardon’s 12 Days is the kind of film you might wonder, as you watch, whether you should be watching. I’m glad I did, and I can’t discount the empathy that this study of mental illness and bureaucratic practice stirs or the understanding it crystallizes. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneMar 14, 2018
With a tender and respectful gaze, 12 DAYS (@distribfilmsus) sheds light on the relationship between the French state and the mentally ill. Read full review
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