Almost Holy
Orchard, The | Release Date: May 20, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
IndieWireCasey CiprianiMay 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
90
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganMay 17, 2016
It’s a rich and complicated film. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMay 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
80
VarietyNick SchagerMay 17, 2016
Hoover’s style seems equally fit for a bleak documentary, suspenseful thriller, black comedy, dystopian sci-fi nightmare and grisly horror film. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJun 2, 2016
"The Cross and the Switchblade" it’s not; this is the reality of Ukraine today, and Crocodile Gennadiy is a badass man on a mission … from God. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubMay 26, 2016
It’s not a sin to tell a one-sided story, Hoover seems to be arguing, when there is no other side. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 17, 2016
Steve Hoover's documentary affords one an unusually intimate glance at the collapsed infrastructure of the former Soviet Union. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 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
70
Village VoiceMichael NordineMay 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
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMay 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
67
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 17, 2016
The documentary gets repetitive as Mokhnenko does his thing over and over again. The promise of more keeps us engaged and the absence of it disappoints. This is too bad because when it works it is captivating. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 17, 2016
This Ukrainian Crocodile Preacher makes an arresting subject, someone you’ll want to meet just to hear his story and see the past that put him on the path to being his country’s “Catcher in the Rye,” saving children from an ugly world and a doomed future. Read full review
60
Total FilmNeil SmithDec 20, 2016
For all his noble intentions, though, Crocodile Gennadiy sure loves the limelight, forcing us to speculate whether he works for God’s glory or his own. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMay 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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