The Rape of Recy Taylor
The Orchard | Release Date: December 8, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 14, 2017
The miracle, though, is that the movie isn’t a diatribe. Its voices...are gentle and persuasive, using the horrific details of the rape and its aftermath as ballast to stabilize a heart-wrenching history of systemic injustice. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyDec 7, 2017
With lucidity and deep feeling, Nancy Buirski's documentary maps an ugly trail of injustice and then widens its lens to pay tribute to the women of color whose refusal to be silent helped drive the evolution of the Civil Rights movement. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKimber MyersDec 7, 2017
As awful as the events of 1944 were for her, there’s ultimately hope in her story in how it fueled a movement and continues to inspire and push people today. Read full review
83
IndieWireKate Erbland
The Rape of Recy Taylor works as both artifact and indictment. Read full review
80
Village VoiceDaphne HowlandDec 21, 2017
The film is a haunting, damning unpacking of history that also reminds us how little progress we’ve made. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLee MarshallDec 7, 2017
An enquiry into the brutal rape of a black woman in 1944 Alabama broadens into an alternative, female-gaze civil rights documentary in Nancy Buirski’s latest. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangDec 7, 2017
Truths this scalding and plain-spoken need no such embellishment to be heard. Read full review
60
VarietyJessica KiangDec 13, 2017
Timing alone makes The Rape of Recy Taylor something close to essential viewing. But Buirski’s approach is oddly diffuse, lacking the clarity of rage that has informed so many recent touchpoints in social-issue documentary. Read full review
58
The Film StageJared MobarakDec 7, 2017
Whatever issues I have with the final construction don’t alter the reality that Recy Taylor’s story must be told and seen. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzDec 8, 2017
This is all fascinating stuff. But you pretty quickly get the sense that Buirski either doesn't find it interesting enough to let it stand on its own or else is afraid audiences will rebel against too many bare-bones elements. Read full review
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