Nowhere to Hide
| Release Date: June 23, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Washington PostAnn HornadayJul 6, 2017
A shattering vérité portrait of the disintegration of Iraqi society in the period immediately following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from that country, this urgent, of-the-moment film doesn’t explain the ensuing chaos as much as plunge viewers into it firsthand, offering a terrifying, ultimately moving portrait of the effects of war, both physical and psychic. Read full review
100
The Seattle TimesMichael UpchurchJun 22, 2017
A profoundly brave film. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 22, 2017
The look is rough, the emotions always hovering near the surface. Yet, buoyed by Mr. Sharif’s cheery personality, these can sometimes be defiantly upbeat. Read full review
80
Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyAug 10, 2017
Both Sharif and Ahmed make sure audiences leave Nowhere to Hide well aware that Iraq remains a war zone — one where innocent people remain caught in the crossfire. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenJun 29, 2017
As captured through the ceaselessly unflinching lens of Sharif’s borrowed video camera, Nowhere to Hide offers an uneasy prognosis that is at once graphically gut-wrenching and doggedly life-affirming. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJun 25, 2017
Probably that’s the most hopeful thing in the film — that and the spare and very beautiful guitar soundtrack by Gaute Barlindhaug and Ciwan Haco. No one can make sense of what is happening to this and other families. But they must film it. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJun 22, 2017
Those who can’t understand the tangled battle zones or tragic recent history of Iraq may take some comfort from Nowhere To Hide’s revelation that ordinary citizens of that country don’t understand any of it either. Read full review
75
Boston GlobePeter KeoughDec 1, 2017
Sharif is a paragon of decency and endurance, but his camera skills are limited and often constrained by circumstances. For the most part this roughness reflects the raw immediacy of the experience. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerJun 29, 2017
An immersive, compact and unpolished documentary from the Kurdish-born, Oslo-based filmmaker Zaradasht Ahmed. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungJun 22, 2017
The genial, relentlessly curious Sharif proves an excellent guide as the security situation spirals from instability into nightmare and the so-called Islamic State (aka ISIS or Daesh) advances inexorably advances towards Jalawla. Read full review
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