Minyan
Strand Releasing | Release Date: October 22, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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83
IndieWireJude DryFeb 28, 2020
In Minyan, the arresting and evocative feature film debut from documentary filmmaker Eric Steel, the search for answers turns up far more riches than any half-baked conclusion ever could. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJan 9, 2022
The film’s bluesy woodwind score has a teasing, goading quality that feels tinged with melancholy; the spectre of Aids hovers around the film’s edges. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 31, 2020
Levine’s an emerging talent known only to theater audiences at the moment, owing to his dual roles in Matthew Lopez’s “The Inheritance,” although Minyan makes clear that we are dealing with a performer of uncommon gifts. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFeb 28, 2020
After its slow start, Minyan becomes progressively more absorbing, its gritty visuals conveying soulful intimacy, accented with occasional understated touches of wry humor. Read full review
75
The Film StageDan MeccaOct 21, 2021
Minyan is at its best when it is observing its characters. Often the narrative turns feel a bit abrupt, even forced. The slower bits work the best. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarOct 29, 2021
With its numerous supporting characters, many unfortunately embodied through mannered acting, Steel’s picture spins around Levine’s superb turn of tender sensuality and suppressed rage seeking catharsis in the body of another. Read full review
70
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeOct 21, 2021
The film allows its societies to speak through gestures, whether it is the passing of personal possessions after a death or the brush of bodies behind a bar, and its portrait of both Jewishness and queerness is richer for it. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeFeb 28, 2020
The film might not be doing anything revolutionary with the gay coming of age story, but it is heartfelt and honest. And at times, unexpectedly hot. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 6, 2022
Steel brings a very distinctive kind of control and restraint to his film, both in terms of its subdued colour palette and an emotional language which despite explicit scenes of both sex and homophobic tension and paranoia, has something opaque and elliptical about it. Read full review
60
TheWrapDan CallahanOct 18, 2021
There is enough here in the first hour to make this memory piece worthwhile, and Levine is clearly someone worth watching and following. Read full review
33
The PlaylistJonathan ChristianFeb 28, 2020
The meandering narrative flow leapfrogs without any sense of rhythm, almost as if the collection of scenes was augmented by a haywire randomizer. Read full review
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