Sirens
Oscilloscope | Release Date: September 30, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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91
IndieWireJude Dry
With the band’s headstrong co-founders leading their tale, Sirens is a powerful reminder that punk isn’t dead if you know where to look. Read full review
88
Paste MagazineShayna Maci WarnerOct 3, 2022
Rita Baghdadi’s new documentary Sirens is a smartly crafted, hugely entertaining look at the band as it goes through growing pains, fights for bookings, and navigates inter-band dyke drama against the backdrop of a city under constant threat of attack. Read full review
88
TheWrapLena WilsonOct 2, 2022
Baghdadi has harnessed something truly special. Like its fractious characters, Sirens is both humble and arresting, relatable and unique. It will stay with you long after the band has played their final chords. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakOct 7, 2022
It reaches past the usual rock clichés to recognize that the struggle these women face is more immediate than striving to perform for sold-out crowds or become signed by a label. This is about surviving a chaotic environment marked by past violence while still entrenched in present-day political revolution. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleySep 30, 2022
Baghadi and lead editor Grace Zahrah piece together the footage into a collage of yearning, ambition, and what can only be called gumption. It's inspirational, of course, but it's also thoughtful and meditative. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennySep 29, 2022
The ending, in which the reunited Sirens play before an enthusiastic crowd, is heart-tugging and rousing, even for non-metal heads. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergSep 8, 2022
Wanting more is a criticism, but it’s a luxury criticism. This documentary builds a world you want to explore further. Read full review
67
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonSep 8, 2022
For as choppy as Sirens can be in its too-short 78-minute runtime, it’s easy to chalk that up to the difficulties of filming during COVID. But what we do get is certainly crowd-pleasing, a riotous doc that combines likable personalities with thrumming guitar licks and its subjects’ relatable yearning to find their voice and their power. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 26, 2023
Sirens is an engaging behind-the-scenes doc about this band. Read full review
60
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiSep 8, 2022
Thought-provoking, beautifully edited and told, Sirens explores the band members’ relationship with each other, gender, and conformity in a society that isn’t always open about such things. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJonathan ChristianSep 8, 2022
Baghdadi’s affection for cherishing quaint moments overwhelms the opportunity to fuse the band’s affable charm to a well-rounded depiction of modern-day Middle Eastern women existing on the fringes of their culture. Read full review
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