Alma
Anthology Film Archives | Release Date: September 22, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Enthralling, darkly funny, horrifying and hopeful. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
As fragmented and unresolved as the experiences of mother and daughter, Alma bears witness to a situation for which there are no easy answers. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
In the manner of a southern gothic, they never fail to fascinate. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleJerry Johnson
It's an exploration by the audience, the filmmakers, and the subjects themselves of a kind you've never quite seen in a documentary before. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
The documentary equivalent of a Southern Gothic novel. Read full review
20
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Begins to seem not so much an examination but an exploitation. Read full review
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