Elevate
Variance Films | Release Date: October 21, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 21, 2011
One of the many beautiful things about this affecting, informative doc is the opportunity it gives to see the American college sports world through different eyes. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineNick SchagerOct 19, 2011
Long on hopefulness but short on sobering realities, Elevate proves a compelling if superficial look at the arduous path traveled by Senegalese teens hoping to make it to America for a higher education and an NBA career. Read full review
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Time OutAndrew SchenkerOct 18, 2011
Elevate works as a sympathetic portrait of cultural adjustment (learning in a nonnative language, sticking to Muslim dietary restrictions), but never adequately addresses the problems of what's essentially a neocolonialist system designed to shape impoverished Africans into first-world profit-makers. Read full review
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