Emergency
Amazon Studios | Release Date: May 20, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Little White LiesAlicia HaddickMay 20, 2022
Any flaws the film has in its pacing make it no less of an essential viewing experience, with an air of unpredictability in its final act and enough to say to stick with you after the credits roll. Read full review
60
EmpireKambole CampbellMay 19, 2022
Another diagnosis of the sickness of an over-armed, money-guzzling police force, Emergency sometimes struggles to combine its cinematic form with its messaging. But there are just enough moments where it all comes together to make it feel like worthwhile viewing. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonJan 22, 2022
One can feel Williams’ anger at an America that imperils young Black and Latino men, viewing them only as potential threats, but the picture never fully gets a handle on its mixture of satire and seriousness. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeJan 22, 2022
Emergency mostly stays close to the surface of the issues it presents, which results in a darkly funny but frustrating viewing experience. Read full review
58
ColliderRoss BonaimeJun 3, 2022
Emergency is ambitious and daring in what it’s trying to say and do, but a mishandling of pacing, serious issues, and pseudo-parody hurt what is a truly intriguing concept. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSarah-Tai BlackJun 2, 2022
The biggest disappointment of Williams’ film then is not the ordinariness of its style and narrative mechanisms or even its safe and easy politics in search of a similarly broad audience, but its unwillingness to disrupt, with full and heavy weight, the exact things that it critiques. Read full review
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