Coded Bias
Release Date (Streaming): November 11, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 7, 2020
The best “wake up” call documentary of 2020, a movie filled with warnings discussed by the very smart women sounding those warnings, the very smart women doing something about this very real threat. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comNick AllenNov 11, 2020
Throughout, Coded Bias constantly feels like it's not recounting a saga that’s like grounded science-fiction, it’s making us aware that we're square in the middle of one. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleJenny NulfNov 19, 2020
Coded Bias is not interested in wallowing in despair for the future, like many tech-infused documentaries like to do. Kantayya wants to inform and inspire change. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisNov 19, 2020
San Francisco was the first major U.S. city to forbid the police and other agencies from using facial recognition technology — and the persuasive documentary Coded Bias makes it easy to understand why. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDerek SmithNov 7, 2020
The documentary dives down the rabbit hole to chillingly, comprehensively expose how algorithms can perpetuate bias in often unforeseen and unjust ways. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDevika GirishNov 11, 2020
The most cleareyed of several recent documentaries about the perils of Big Tech (“The Great Hack,” “The Social Dilemma”), Coded Bias tackles its sprawling subject by zeroing in empathetically on the human costs. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayNov 23, 2020
The movie as a whole tends to circle the same points, becoming less bracing the longer it runs. Still, for the most part, Coded Bias takes something huge and scary and breaks it down into small, easily understood morality tales, featuring everyday heroes fighting to save our future. Read full review
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