Persons of Interest
First Run Features | Release Date: September 3, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Not a great movie, but a valuable and revealing document. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The callous inequity of what you see and hear will floor you. It can't happen here. But it did. It does. Read full review
70
Film ThreatPete Vonder Harr
As a documentary, Persons of Interest could've benefited from further elaboration of the actual policies put in place, but as is it's still a disturbing, matter-of-fact look at the consequences of letting fear engineer such policy. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
Does a great service in offering new information at a time when open discussion is more important than ever. Read full review
70
Village VoiceWard Harkavy
Beautiful, powerful, and moving interrogation. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Eye-opening documentary by New Zealand filmmaker Alison Maclean. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
In a clear case of substance over style, this stark, clumsy documentary tells the heart-breaking stories of a dozen law-abiding Muslim or Arab immigrants and visa workers. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Their often touching stories of how their lives - and livelihoods - were disrupted are effectively intercut with excerpts from press conferences in which Attorney General John Ashcroft. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The absence of style can be numbing, but it serves a purpose, positioning the documentary as a public record, not a work of art. As such, the film is eye-opening. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The facts of their grim treatment, often exacerbated by their estrangement from their countries of origin, sometimes recall the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Read full review
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
Seldom boring but also rarely electrifying. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNed Martel
Before the film hits its halfway mark, the presentation feels like a frustrating day at an immigration legal clinic where you can never look at the dossier or get to the bottom of the case. Read full review
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