The Citizen
ArtMattan Productions | Release Date: July 6, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJul 5, 2018
Vranik’s film couldn’t be more timely in its moral inquiry, but it’s timeless in form and technique, a melodrama tempered with a painstaking realism. Read full review
90
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJul 5, 2018
The film, directed by Roland Vranik from a script by Mr. Vranik and Ivan Szabo, is a careful, compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience. Read full review
80
Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiJul 5, 2018
Deliberately paced but shot with a quiet magnetism and close-in immediacy,The Citizen benefits in comparison to other immigrant dramas because even though this is a story suffused with empathy, it doesn’t center on either a good deed being done by a white Westerner for a helpless dark-skinned foreigner or that foreigner’s two-dimensional pluck. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 5, 2018
Beautifully acted by its ensemble of mostly non-professional actors, The Citizen puts a very human face on a topic that has inflamed much of the Western world. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJul 26, 2018
An involving, stacked deck of a story plus strong acting and a mix of vital themes combine to make The Citizen a solid drama about immigration, nationalism and survival in an often unforgiving world. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJul 3, 2018
It adheres too rigidly to news-cycle replications of barbaric governmental acts, and without putting them into greater perspective. Read full review
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