Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
Revolver Entertainment | Release Date: November 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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70
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiNov 13, 2014
Through "Bhopal," the filmmaker argues that the promise of jobs and prosperity all too often trumps environmental and safety concerns, and it leads government to ignore corporate wrongdoing. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 6, 2014
Arriving three decades after the fact, this docudrama doesn't quite do justice to its important subject. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramNov 28, 2014
While Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, an earnest account of the world’s worst industrial accident, certainly has its heart in the right place, it’s not good that the closing titles about the cold, brutal facts of the aftermath stir more outrage than the preceding docudrama. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryNov 25, 2014
Some of the portrayals are over-the-top in their villainy, and the dialogue, acting and music all tend to be melodramatic. But all of the overt heartstring-pulling doesn’t add much. Given the awful calamity, the truth would have been enough to amp up the emotions. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneNov 5, 2014
The film places its characters in a reflexive historical continuum that dooms them to be mere demonstrative types from start to finish. Read full review
50
Village VoiceSam WeisbergNov 4, 2014
It's an unsolved mystery in Hollywood why so many based-on-true-life polemical films end up so unremarkable. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 6, 2014
This is crudely mounted, earnest advocacy, getting its points across at any cost. Read full review
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