The Exiles
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date (Streaming): January 10, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Film StageJohn FinkFeb 10, 2022
The film is an open, honest portrait of personal conflict, contradictions, and suppressed narratives that shed some new light on the student protest movement by bringing the footage—and some of the personal baggage—out of the vault. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAndrew BundyJan 29, 2022
While its structure is a little lopsided (the beginning portion plays like a doc about Choy) and the tone tends to sway somewhat harshly between justifiably acidic and politically enlightening, “The Exiles” is an essential look at “philosophical homelessness” and an expert example of documentary cinema as a truth-telling device. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeJan 29, 2022
It can feel a little scattershot at times, but the film illuminates the considerable cost of dissent, both then and now. It’s at its best, however, when it gives Choy free-rein to speak her mind. Read full review
70
VarietyJessica KiangJan 29, 2022
Columbus and Klein present a palimpsest of erratically overlapping perspectives. The results are untidy and unbalanced, but derive considerable energy from that eccentric approach. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJan 28, 2022
The 70-year-old Choy isn’t the subject of their film so much as she’s the lens through which it looks back at yesterday and the fire that kindles its hope for a brighter tomorrow, but her inextinguishable spirit can be felt burning away behind every scene. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 28, 2022
Though a mixed bag as a piece of storytelling, the film’s greatest value for American viewers in 2022 is the truth it conveys to those hoping to preserve (or, let’s dare to dream, improve) a democracy facing immediate and very grave threats. Read full review
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