Free the Mind
International Film Circuit | Release Date: May 3, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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1
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1
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70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMay 17, 2013
There's something healing about simply watching Free the Mind, Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo's gentle, compassionate documentary. Read full review
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Boston GlobeLoren KingOct 10, 2013
Though perhaps more suited to PBS or classrooms than to movie screens, the documentary is engrossing and just may encourage more people to look less to pharmacology for answers and more within. Read full review
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Slant MagazineRob HumanickMay 2, 2013
Phie Ambo deftly captures her subjects' sense of paranoia and helplessness without encroaching on their brave candor. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldMay 2, 2013
Ms. Ambo communicates the notion of compassion and calm as something teachable, but perhaps feeling already convinced, she’s less ambitious as a filmmaker about taking her subject and her portraits to another level. Read full review
30
Village VoiceInkoo KangApr 30, 2013
Ambo's argument is frayed by her arbitrary recommendations of meditation as a panacea for unrelated psychological difficulties. Even more baffling, the director neglects to define this culturally and geographically variable practice with any exactitude. Read full review
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