Night School
Oscilloscope | Release Date: June 9, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksJun 8, 2017
Night School exposes the individualism of poverty and the power that education can bring to the powerless. Read full review
83
The Film StageJohn FinkJun 19, 2017
Night School is a triumphant and affecting film that explores the issue of inequality beyond the usual political, paternal talking points. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 22, 2017
Cohn’s slickly edited verité-style storytelling lets each person’s humanity rise to the top, just enough to mix expected poignancy with a simple clarity about the struggles of low-income, opportunity-challenged souls. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 19, 2017
Benefiting greatly from its charismatic, likeable subjects, Night School displays a compassion and empathy that feels more necessary than ever. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 8, 2017
The result is a movie about large setbacks and small triumphs, and the grit that takes you from one to the other. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 8, 2017
As an introduction to its arresting, charismatic subjects, Night School is invaluable. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 9, 2017
Cohn never turns Night School into a sob story or a manipulative tale of redemption. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 7, 2017
Night School takes the human-interest route instead, and while that doesn’t allow for the most complete vision of the program, it does put a touchingly human face on the movie’s opening statistic—as well as grant a sliver of hope for those 1.2 million American kids who abandon their education every year. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaJun 13, 2017
Cohn’s film is ultimately a genuinely inspiring one, noteworthy in the way it achieves its uplift honestly and without sentimentality. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJun 7, 2017
One may wonder if Night School's most revealing material has been left on the cutting room floor, so as to offer the sort of uplift that inadvertently marginalizes the very inequalities that drive the film. Read full review
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