The Aggressives
Release Date: October 7, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The charismatic young women who populate Daniel Peddle's illuminating documentary are vibrant proof that there's still an untold story waiting around every New York City corner. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Peddle captures a vital and increasingly visible community that's easily misunderstood, and his film will undoubtedly help novices further understand the complex differences separating gays, transsexuals and the transgendered. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Documaker Daniel Peddle also works as a casting director, and so it is small wonder his crisp, concise, intimate portrait of six very different, self-styled "aggressives" -- women who stress their masculine sides -- should reveal in each a curious integrity and beauty. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
In the film's briskly paced 72 minutes, any open-minded viewer will discover something about identity and about the comfort these women have obviously found in learning to be their unusual, unfettered selves. Read full review
60
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
What might just be this film's greatest strength is how it shows that no matter how "different" we might appear to be on the outside, what's on the inside is what provides our common bonds. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Thankfully, Peddle's film is much more illuminating than a grad school seminar. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
The Aggressives has plenty of character but no story; it would have done better to structure itself around a competition it briefly visits in which lesbians, in costume, compete to win prizes for looking masculine. That way the film would have had a direction. Read full review
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