The Gospel of Eureka
Kino Lorber | Release Date: February 8, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
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3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichFeb 4, 2019
It’s a comedy and a tragedy, though the people involved aren’t necessarily on rigid opposite sides. Better to say that everyone has some level of fluidity, not just in terms of personal belief, though they’ll speak their dogmatic minds if the occasion demands it. Read full review
90
VarietyAmy NicholsonFeb 4, 2019
This cheerful small town portrait makes for an idealistic crowd-pleaser (after all, Eureka Springs is the rumored home of healing waters), but this beautiful, and beautifully shot, documentary is a cure for the angry headline blues. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 11, 2019
The easygoing tone of The Gospel of Eureka — sometimes contemplative, sometimes cheerful — distinguishes it from many other documentaries about timely social issues. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMar 6, 2019
By turns wry, quirky, joyful, and above all human, this easygoing but never less than fascinating documentary focuses on the surprisingly tolerant township of Eureka, Ark. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonFeb 4, 2019
The documentary is uniquely attuned to the fickle whims of history, politics, and biographical circumstance. Read full review
70
Film ThreatLorry KiktaFeb 19, 2019
This short but powerful film is extremely important in the MAGA era when all our civil rights victories as a nation are constantly in danger of being overturned. I also think it’s important for people to know that the true message of Christianity is love and acceptance, despite however many of the religion’s followers have twisted it to the contrary. Read full review
60
TheWrapCandice FrederickFeb 7, 2019
What The Gospel of Eureka does best is humanize this small and very specific group of people living on the fringes of the Christian and queer communities. They’re given the space to talk about their lives in their own words, praise the town they love so much, and preach empathy, particularly to those without any. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 7, 2019
There’s much to explore and dissect about the intriguing world that directors Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher spotlight in their documentary The Gospel of Eureka, but the film, strangely flabby at just 73 minutes, leaves us wanting. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 7, 2019
Favoring the superficial over the substantive, The Gospel of Eureka keeps skirting opportunities to excavate experience. Read full review
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