Almost Holy

Name: Almost Holy
Genre: Biography, Drama, Documentary, News
Released: May 20, 2016
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 73

2016

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Orchard, The | Release Date: May 20, 2016 | R

Summary: Gennadiy Mokhnenko has made a name for himself by forcibly abducting homeless drug-addicted kids from the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine. As his country leans towards a European Union inclusion, hopes of continued post-Soviet revitalization seem possible. In the meantime, Gennadiy's center has evolved into a more nebulous institution.

Director: Steve Hoover

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Documentary, News

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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IndieWire Casey Cipriani

May 17, 2016

The film offers no answer, instead choosing to examine the conundrum of a man who repeatedly washes his face when things get too overwhelming, right before heading back out to the streets. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

May 17, 2016

It’s a rich and complicated film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

May 20, 2016

Terrence Malick is one of the producers of Almost Holy, and while Hoover doesn’t go for a full interpretation/realization of his style, there are touches that evoke the director’s work, especially in the film’s last sequence. Read full review

Sheri Linden

May 17, 2016

Hoover doesn’t get into the nitty-gritty of the kids’ detox and rehabilitation, but Mokhnenko’s compassion is as evident as his self-regard, and inextricable from his sense of a moral imperative. Read full review

Robert Abele

May 19, 2016

Almost Holy captures something meaningfully urgent in the brutal day-to-day of tough love amid a world of tougher indifference. Read full review

Michael Nordine

May 18, 2016

Steve Hoover's film (which was executive-produced by Terrence Malick) doesn't feel dishonest in its behind-the-scenes glimpse at its subject. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

May 19, 2016

A good example of how a charismatic figure doesn’t automatically generate a deep or compelling documentary. Read full review

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