Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Sony BMG Feature Films | Release Date: June 27, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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80
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Rough as can be in both content and style, Ghosts will be welcome everywhere tough, provocative docus are shown. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSura Wood
It's an unforgettable, visceral journey into the heart of darkness. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A spectacularly turbulent portrait of the chaos and bloodshed that have come to define Haiti. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Dives into the brutal heart of a place most people would avoid at all cost. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A moving and profoundly upsetting portrait of life near the bottom of the global power pyramid. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
A forceful documentary set against the 2004 Haitian coup d'état that toppled the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
If nothing else, Leth shows how wrung-out and careless everyone gets amid constant bloodshed. "We don't need peace," one says. "We need school for our kids. Food. Sleep." Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The underlying political motivation may be unclear, but the violence and desperation of lives lived in something close to hell on earth is terrifyingly clear. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
In spite of occasional gestures in the direction of political or sociological context -- interviews with anti-Aristide activists, news images of battles beyond Cité Soleil -- Mr. Leth is not, in the end, much concerned with offering an analysis of the Haitian situation. Like Lele, he'd rather have a party with the thugs. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Ghosts of Cité Soleil is a prismatic, jagged, none too coherent travelogue. Read full review
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