Procession
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 19, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
90
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
VoxAlissa WilkinsonNov 19, 2021
In letting them retell those stories their way, and asking us to watch, Procession dares its audience to not look away. It calls us, in other words, to join the healing community, not just with vague aspirations but with our actual eyes. To play our roles as audience members and then take what we learn and bring it to others. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 19, 2021
Observational documentaries are by nature intrusive, but Procession, miraculously, never feels that way — you sense humane engagement, not imposition. Read full review
100
The Observer (UK)Simran HansNov 13, 2021
What could have been a disaster in the hands of a less sensitive film-maker ends up an extraordinary feat of care, collaboration and creativity. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 12, 2021
This is an unrelentingly gripping and often disturbing film that dares to visualize (with taste and restraint) some of the vilest behavior the species is capable of, and take full measure of the psychic damage it inflicts on innocent victims. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyNov 11, 2021
Greene, whose earliest documentaries were rooted in the cinéma vérité tradition and its portraits of ordinary American lives, has crafted a poignant group portrait with something to say about the crossed wires of pain and memory. Read full review
90
VarietyGuy LodgeFeb 10, 2022
Procession is, in its own elegant and uneasy way, an inspiring film, idealistically invested in cinema itself as a medium for confession, confrontation and self-expression, not least when Greene hands over the camera to other filmmakers in need of its power. Read full review
90
Rolling StoneDavid FearNov 22, 2021
It’s a harrowing documentary, to be sure, but also healing in a way that doesn’t go for easy emotional button-pushing, or play down the white-knuckle struggle they endure while processing all of it. Read full review
90
TheWrapTodd GilchristNov 9, 2021
Greene’s film explores not just the ability of art to repair emotional and sometimes physical injuries but also the resiliency of the human spirit and the solidarity of a group of individuals collaborating to provide comfort for themselves and each other through shared, unimaginable pain. Read full review
87
Paste MagazineDom SinacolaNov 9, 2021
Procession feels like the surest execution of Greene’s voice. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard BrodyNov 22, 2021
Like Shoah, Procession does more than bear witness to atrocities; it uses the artistic power of the cinema to inscribe them in history. Read full review
80
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 18, 2021
To judge Greene’s experiment, not least because of its visible salutary effects, feels like intruding on private breakthroughs. But the discomfiting power of Procession comes from its ability to show and, to all appearances, facilitate them. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenDec 14, 2021
Greene seems to have produced a respectful account of the experiment, allowing these men to find some form of catharsis without exploiting them. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 18, 2021
Robert Greene’s gaze is an attempt to accord his subjects the dignity of attention, utilizing cinema as a form of emotional due process. Read full review
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