Something Better to Come
International Film Circuit | Release Date: May 22, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenJun 4, 2015
Beyond her tenacious and intimate reporting, director and cinematographer Polak has made a work of powerful images — heart-rending, elegiac, charged with hope. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungMay 21, 2015
A bit of community spirit and camaraderie, it seems, can go a very long way, and sequences of spectacularly dystopian-apocalyptic, third-world bleakness are leavened by moments of incongruous beauty, even grace. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMay 21, 2015
Approach Something Better to Come with the same patience that the filmmaker exhibited in shooting it and you’ll be rewarded. That is, if your definition of “rewarded” includes being dismayed by the bleakness that exists on the edges of prosperity. Read full review
70
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarMay 19, 2015
Perhaps even more disturbing than the Dickensian in extremis ordeal of Svalka life — including her rational yet heartbreaking decision to give up her baby rather than raise it in the dump — is Yula's straightforward acceptance of her situation. Read full review
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