Gay Chorus Deep South
| Release Date: October 30, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
Screen DailyNikki BaughanMay 4, 2019
Gay Chorus Deep South draws its strength not only from its subject, but also the effective way in which it it presents its arguments. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisNov 20, 2019
What makes the film emotionally satisfying, beyond the stirring music, is that we witness the healing and enlightenment of chorus members, some of them bearing scars from their oppressive red-state upbringings. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmOct 30, 2019
The overwhelming positivity in this footage is illuminating and encouraging, yet also more than a touch puzzling, raising questions of precisely where this intolerance hibernates when cameras aren’t around to support such devastating legislation. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyOct 31, 2019
The documentary is able to record only small, not sweeping, changes of heart. Nevertheless, the film, like the singers, maintains a compassionate optimism. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 30, 2019
There’s much to recommend here — emotionally, sociopolitically, musically — and it’s heartening to see greater openness to LGBTQ+ folks than outsiders might expect; compassion, grace and humor are in abundant supply. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 6, 2019
Rather than simply preaching to you-know-whom, director David Charles Rodrigues ... succeeds in humanizing the individuals on both sides. Read full review
60
TheWrapDan CallahanOct 30, 2019
There are the expected clichés voiced here about how music can transform hearts and minds, but Gay Chorus Deep South is most useful as a way of seeing how intolerance hides behind evasive Southern hospitality and how it might be vanquished with what that hospitality seeks to avoid: direct confrontation. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterMay 4, 2019
The doc has stirring moments, but it has too many gaps to be considered a complete success. Read full review
42
IndieWireJude DryNov 1, 2019
With muted characters and a conventional structure, the movie struggles to find the fun or the spirit, humming between high notes and low notes to fall flat in the middle. While its heart is in the right place, Gay Chorus Deep South just doesn’t sing. Read full review
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