Radiant City
Koch Lorber Films | Release Date: May 30, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
Watch Now
Stream On
Buy on
Stream On

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
As a one-time suburbanite now living happily in Manhattan, I can attest that Radiant City tells it like it is. The film ends with a surprise that you won't see coming and I won't spoil. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Jim Brown and Gary Burns hang a powerful antisuburban diatribe in the form of statistics, expert opinions and pictures worth a thousand words on the experiences of the Moss family. Read full review
70
VarietyKen Eisner
In the end, helmers have some nifty tricks up their verite sleeves. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Enlightening and disturbingly funny. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
The cinematographer Patrick McLaughlin's eerie, sometimes monumental images italicize the experts' statements, making the suburbs seem like an asphalt-and-Sheetrock dreamscape where democracy goes to die. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The faux-documentary aspect of Radiant City is a huge gamble that doesn't pay off. If anything, the movie's observations about the corrupting social influence of cluttered mall spaces get undercut by the fact that Burns and Brown feel the need to INVENT characters to prove their truth. Read full review
More From This Movie

60 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL