The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Balcony Releasing | Release Date: March 31, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The film is essential viewing for anyone who cares about the fate of the mountain region and the legacy of the Dalai Lama. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The documentary does a superlative job of examining the half-century dispute over Chinese rule of mountainous Tibet. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Sarin and Sonam also lift the veil on potentially explosive divisions within the Tibetan exile community, which is torn between spiritual and cultural loyalty to the Dalai Lama and a widespread longing for true independence. (The filmmakers clearly belong to the pro-independence camp.) Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A fresh examination of the plight of the Tibetans still craving independence after a half century of either homeland misery or increasingly long exile. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
The doc dutifully allows for these varying viewpoints, but in a mode that’s not especially captivating, despite a guitar score by Brokeback Mountain’s Gustavo Santaolalla. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Just as you need two hands to clap, explain frustrated young activists, the ­Dalai Lama requires a reasonable partner with whom to negotiate. And right now, it seems, the Tibetans may as well have their arms tied behind their backs. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineMatthew Nestel
The filmmakers do bang-up job expanding the frontline perspectives, aiming to subvert a ruling regime’s course and expose its cloudy human rights record. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichelle Orange
Clouds teases out the contradiction between the Lama's power as a symbol to the fiercely loyal Tibetan people, and that of his diplomatic voice, which he is using to push what they see as an impotent agenda. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark Feeney
While never heavy-handed about its politics, the film makes no effort to disguise its strong anti-Chinese bias. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
The filmmakers, chronicling the Dalai Lama’s somewhat muddled attempts to respond to the protesters’ calls while not antagonizing China, do a fair amount of muddling themselves. They lurch awkwardly between reverence for the Dalai Lama and hints that he has become, politically, irrelevant or an obstacle. Read full review
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