Reel Injun
Lorber Films | Release Date: June 11, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
Boxoffice MagazinePam Grady
There are gaps here and there, but it provides a fascinating introduction to a corner of film history that has gotten too little attention. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)James Adams
Entertaining and informative documentary on how native people have been portrayed on-screen over the years and how these portrayals have shaped native self-perception and non-native prejudice. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Examines in entertaining detail the way Hollywood has treated North American natives going as far back as the days of silent flicks. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
The documentary ends on a hopeful note, as Indians themselves have taken control of their image. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike Hale
Absorbing and amusing for as long as it looks back at those Hollywood westerns, recounting their sins against American Indians. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid Fear
The first-person sections, however, couldn’t be more clumsy or grating, and every time Diamond’s tone-deaf narration starts repeating the obvious, you can feel an eye-opening history lesson turning into a quirky, orbs-glazing travelogue. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
The tone of Reel Injun is respectfully serious, though well short of angry, while focusing on how the stereotypical depictions of marauding redskins affected the self-images of Native Americans. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAndrew Schenker
Combining a road trip from his native Arctic reservation to Los Angeles with an archival cinematic survey, Diamond's treatment of each is perfunctory to the point of inutility. Read full review
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