It's Not Yet Dark
FilmRise | Release Date: August 4, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeAug 1, 2017
It's Not Yet Dark is a heartfelt and stirring documentary Read full review
80
Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyAug 3, 2017
It’s Not Yet Dark is an uplifting portrait of a debilitated man driven to excel by a relentless desire to live life and love those who surround him. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAug 3, 2017
Although “Dark” eschews overly graphic depiction of the more horrific physiological aspects of MND and barely touches upon the financial toll the illness clearly takes, this is as real a human story as it gets. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeAug 1, 2017
The third act of this film is a celebration of Simon’s determination and of supporting team which surround him. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAug 4, 2017
This movie shows how Fitzmaurice was able to direct the picture — scheduling the shot so that he could efficiently marshal his energy was a big part of the process, as of course was the “eye gaze” computer. Read full review
70
The New York TimesHelen T. VerongosAug 3, 2017
Painful to watch and uncomfortably intimate at times, perhaps by design, It’s Not Yet Dark could have been very dark indeed. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 1, 2017
Not a film for cynics, It’s Not Yet Dark at times risks overplaying its heart-on-sleeve emotions, as Fitzmaurice also hazards in his writing. But both subject and execution here summon the skill, as well as sincerity, required to overcome skepticism. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 1, 2017
It’s the questions that Fenton can’t answer — maybe even the questions he doesn’t mean to ask — that make It’s Not Yet Dark such an illuminating experience. Read full review
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