Personal Problems (1980)
Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 30, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 29, 2018
Bill Gunn and Ishmael Reed collapse conventional notions of reality, providing simultaneous glimpses into the minds of dozens of characters, lingering on scenes and informing them with confessional intensity. Read full review
90
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 29, 2018
This is a work that looks as if it were evolving even as portions of it were completed. That’s entirely appropriate. For all its rough edges, Personal Problems retains a vitality and an integrity that practically bounds off the screen. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 3, 2018
Despite all appearances, Personal Problems is indeed moving toward a fairly conventional end. But along the way, it observes much of its era through the corners of its eyes. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMar 29, 2018
The movie’s panoramic cityscapes teem with the gritty details of emotional life: romance and chores, hope and despair and loss, bitter resentments and rowdy reckonings with mortality. Read full review
70
Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyMar 29, 2018
I guess that’s ultimately what Reed and Gunn wanted to provide: a view of African Americans that’s messy, complicated, dramatic, and, most important, honest. It’s also a fascinating artifact of black people getting together and making their own art — mainly because they wanted to see themselves properly represented onscreen. Read full review
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