LA 92
National Geographic Channel | Release Date: April 28, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistChris BarsantiApr 28, 2017
The broad-spectrum approach of LA 92 resists easy answers while still holding a strong editorial viewpoint about the overlapping institutional defects that led to the riots. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 27, 2017
Thanks in part to excellent editing and a subtly gripping score by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, LA 92 never lags during its nearly two-hour running time. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 27, 2017
[A] taut and commanding primer. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 20, 2017
By sifting through and tying together an enormous variety of footage, directors Lindsay & Martin (who also served as editor) create an experience that gives a full sense of the anarchy and rage of the post-King verdict days, thrusting us fully and disturbingly into events in very much of a You Are There manner.
60
CineVueMatthew AndersonApr 29, 2017
The superb editing of news footage, the home video recording of the King beating and a dizzying amount of imagery from the heart of darkness during the riots throws us into the unfolding disturbances with minute-by-minute immediacy. Read full review
60
The GuardianGwilym MumfordApr 20, 2017
LA 92’s reliance on news and eyewitness footage leaves it vulnerable to the same limitations as that footage – namely the prioritising of sensationalism over insight. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonDave CalhounApr 20, 2017
This is a valuable companion piece to other accounts and a vivid collage of in-the-moment imagery. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlApr 20, 2017
LA 92 is about what this all looked like on TV, a sort of Los Angeles Burns Itself. Read full review
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