Island of the Hungry Ghosts
| Release Date: March 8, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 7, 2019
Ethereal, intensely moving. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersMar 14, 2019
It’s a humane, compassionate film, simultaneously full of beauty, sadness and struggle. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezMar 4, 2019
The film is a haunting portrait of the island as a purgatorial realm between the poles of isolation and liberation. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 7, 2019
Nonetheless, Island of the Hungry Ghosts casts an undeniably hypnotic spell. The documentary also serves as an important reminder that the United States is far from alone in mistreating its would-be immigrants. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLaurence BoyceApr 27, 2018
The film is as much an exploration of often contradictory human attitudes towards migration as it is towards the experiences of the refugees themselves. Read full review
42
The PlaylistChris BarsantiMay 2, 2018
By refusing to illuminate the detainees’ stories or the humanitarian crisis—not widely reported enough for Brady to take the audience’s familiarity as a given—they are trapped inside, The Island of Hungry Ghosts relegates itself to being little more than a pretty but wispy curiosity that fails its beleaguered subjects. Read full review
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