Maidan
Cinema Guild | Release Date: December 12, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
86
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinDec 9, 2014
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s Maidan harkens back to the heroic, journalistic roots of documentary-making and yet feels ineffably modern and formally daring. It’s a tiny marvel of a movie. Read full review
100
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonDec 9, 2014
Easily the most rigorous, vital, and powerful movie of 2014, Sergei Loznitsa's Maidan may be a perfect Bazinian cinema-machine — reality is captured, crystallized, honored for its organic complexity, and delivered unpoisoned by exposition or emphasis. Read full review
90
VarietyJay WeissbergDec 9, 2014
Beyond the film’s immediacy, “Maidan” is an impressive, bold treatment of a complex subject via rigidly formalist means Read full review
83
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicDec 9, 2014
If you have the patience to play the role of silent witness for the full two hours, Maidan is a rewarding experience and an alarmingly important wake-up call for those still in the dark about one of today's most critical situations. Read full review
80
CineVueJohn BleasdaleFeb 18, 2015
Maidan is a stunning piece of political cinema and a documentary of quietly moving power and beauty. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid ParkinsonFeb 17, 2015
Courageous and indelible account and an invaluable perspective of the protests. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeFeb 16, 2015
Don’t watch this doc for a lesson in the crisis. Maidan is hard work, with no voiceover or interviews and just the odd scrap of information written on screen to guide you through. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineOleg IvanovDec 10, 2014
It puts the viewer inside Maidan, allowing them to draw their own conclusions about the ideas and agendas espoused by the movement's leaders and participants. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergDec 11, 2014
Maidan is a film of scale and immediacy, finding artistry, for better or worse, in bearing witness. Read full review
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