The Inheritors
Icarus Films | Release Date: September 9, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Village VoiceMark HolcombSep 6, 2011
Unadulterated labor is the focus of this blistering, beautifully modulated documentary from Mexican auteur Eugenio Polgovsky. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 8, 2011
His film opens with a lullaby, and while there is indeed something soothing in his images of repetitive, backbreaking toil, the music also serves as a reminder of childhood lost. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungSep 6, 2011
This is awareness-raising documentary cinema at its most urgent and necessary. Read full review
80
Time OutKeith UhlichSep 6, 2011
Toward the end of the film, a few hard-hitting cuts between young and old brings the title's meaning home: These children have an inescapable life of drudgery before them, and there's little likelihood it will change anytime soon. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSep 6, 2011
Assembled from short, naturalistic shots of people at work, the documentary becomes a bittersweet testament to labor and a damning representation of a vicious cycle, its images speaking entirely for themselves. Read full review
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