A Walk to Beautiful
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) | Release Date: February 8, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A Walk to Beautiful will leave you speechless two times over -- first with despair, then with joy. Neither unmentionable subject matter nor nonexistent commercial prospects can keep this documentary from having a power over your heart that is unparalleled. Read full review
90
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
A complex and quietly devastating indictment of chauvinist societies that see women as lovers, mothers and servants, and treat anyone who can’t fulfill those roles as a nonperson. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
An unabashed call to action that shines a spotlight on a problem whose intimate medical nature relegated it to the shadows. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn Anderson
Competently made, precisely shot and buoyantly humanistic. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Aside from a few casual digs at the loutishness of the rural Ethiopian male, documentarians Mary Olive Smith and Amy Bucher feel no need to overlay this health-care calamity with pious outrage; any editorial is implied in the immutable facts from overworked gynecologists and the camera's testament. Read full review
60
Film ThreatPhil Hall
A stirring and touching production, and it is difficult not to be moved by the women’s medical progress. However, it suffers from a somewhat leisurely pacing. Read full review
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