Not Going Quietly
Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: August 13, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 23, 2021
Barkan proves a highly engaging man, impassioned but funnier than a terminally ill man should be. Intimate scenes with his young family are essential to the appeal of a film whose big issues remain as pressing now as they were during filming in 2018. Read full review
80
VarietyTomris LafflyAug 12, 2021
Along with his editor Kent Bassett, Bruckman weaves these events together rather conventionally yet thoughtfully, making plenty of room for Barkan’s home life and appealingly chipper character that he somehow manages to maintain through all his battles. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleCody SongAug 26, 2021
The film shines when we get to see Barkan as a fully formed figure. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowAug 13, 2021
Health care is unquestionably one of the most complicated problems the government ever has to grapple with, even without the obstacles and obfuscation from dark money and corporate lobbyists. We do not need a briefing book, but the film would be more effective if it clarified some of the priorities Barkan and his group are advocating. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 11, 2021
Not Going Quietly lets us see a fierce, and dying, advocate for health care show us what John Lewis meant by “Good trouble.” Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMar 23, 2021
The movie makes its points in grand, emotional gestures more than policy nuances, but what it lacks in sophistication it makes up in immediacy. The drama acts as a visceral of ode to the nature of activism under dire circumstances. Read full review
70
TheWrapSimon AbramsAug 13, 2021
Not Going Quietly credibly highlights the “moral stakes” of Barkan’s cause, as one of his colleague says, with a welcome mix of candor and artful consideration. Read full review
70
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeAug 12, 2021
It is a warm and generous portrait, but the film lacks its central organizer’s propulsive shrewdness. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinApr 5, 2022
Smart, funny and endearingly sweary even when he loses the power to speak without computer assistance, Barkan is a charismatic character who’s easy to like, although one wonders how much the documentary crew resisted showing anything that might dent the halo the film sets round his head. Read full review
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