Residue
ARRAY Releasing | Release Date: September 17, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The GuardianRadheyan SimonpillaiSep 17, 2020
Residue is a fleeting and haunting lament for what is lost to gentrification, and other tolls on black life in America. But at the same, it’s exhilarating and monumental, laced with the sensation that we’re discovering a bold and sensitive new voice. Read full review
90
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsOct 8, 2020
Residue is the kind of movie to make you wonder what may have changed in D.C. during even the short span of its own making. Gentrification works quickly; it arrives buoyed by a whirlwind sense of the rug being swept from under residents’ feet. These are details Gerima builds into the movie based on his experience of leaving for just one year. Jay is returning after time in college. One can only imagine his shock. Read full review
90
Film ThreatMalik AdanSep 17, 2020
Residue is a delicately balanced film that lands its points while exploring these conversations from angles that are often unseen. Read full review
90
The New York TimesGlenn KennySep 17, 2020
Gerima’s challenging, engrossing filmmaking style is measured, simultaneously realistic and impressionistic. What’s out of the frame is often as important, if not more important, than what’s in the frame. Read full review
85
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpOct 7, 2020
Residue is about colonization, and through the creative choices he makes, Gerima suggests that colonization stories don’t actually have to be about the colonizers themselves. Instead, he maintains a personal touch over the picture and the narrative, about a homecoming that goes slowly awry over the course of a 90 minute duration. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustSep 24, 2020
Though as leisurely as a summer’s day, this kaleidoscopic memory film has an intensity of purpose that wants to knock you on your heels — or maybe harder — in its take on gentrification. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 17, 2020
Elliptical and teasingly (but beautifully) photographed, it can give the impression of an experimental work but ultimately has a direct story to tell, one whose specificity doesn't in the least diminish its broader relevance. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard BrodySep 17, 2020
Gerima films Jay’s intimate confrontations with an impressionistic flair that focusses attention on characters’ listening, thinking, and remembering; flashbacks and dream sequences infuse Jay’s tightening conflicts with the pressure of history—both social and intimate. Read full review
75
The Film StageMatt CipollaSep 17, 2020
A collage of distant memories and the realities that threaten them, Residue is an auspicious calling card for its filmmaker. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonSep 17, 2020
But the true strength of Residue is in its images. Gerima finds a poetic grace in his framing while forcing you to focus on unexpected things. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadaySep 16, 2020
Residue is a delicately layered depiction of the dance between alienation and belonging. In this moving portrait, it’s a dance is defined by struggle, grief and undiminished grace. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 16, 2020
The bleak outlook of this story won’t be to every taste. But Residue brings a painful beauty to a real-life “whitewashing” of a city that will never let you look at gentrification from a realtor’s point of view ever again. Read full review
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