This One's for the Ladies
Neon | Release Date: June 7, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Film ThreatLorry KiktaJun 19, 2019
The great thing about this documentary, other than seeing some very provocative dancing, is that it goes beyond the superficial and talks about the socioeconomic situations that most black people in America face. Read full review
80
VarietyTomris LafflyJun 11, 2019
The whole affair is vastly entertaining — and far from indecent or intimidating. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 13, 2019
Raw, empathetic, and so insistently humane that it plays like a fun 82-minute “fuck you” to the power structures of a country that wants to squeeze the life out of its poorest black environments, This One’s for the Ladies is at its best when it slows down and keys in to a small pocket of the culture where strippers and customers really can have co-equal standing in the community that brings them together. Read full review
75
Slant MagazinePat BrownJun 4, 2019
There’s a surprising sense of communal exchange between the male strippers and their fans in Gene Graham’s documentary. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJun 14, 2019
A detailed and affable exploration of this world, This One’s for the Ladies is so unabashedly sex-positive you just might want to find the closest all-male revue. Read full review
70
Vanity FairK. Austin CollinsJun 13, 2019
The documentary isn’t a masterwork of craft, but in the interviews, there’s always a glimpse of some broader story, be it the electric charisma of the women in the crowd, who are frankly just as fun to watch as the performers, if not more so, or the broader arcs of history and tradition. Read full review
70
SlateNichole PerkinsMay 29, 2019
You’ll go into the film ready to see some shiny, rippling flesh, and you will not be disappointed, but you’ll leave thinking about community and justice. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJun 19, 2019
Graham’s film teems with fascinating characters – ultimately, too many for the abbreviated running time. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubBeatrice LoayzaJun 6, 2019
Gene Graham’s humanizing, scrappy, documentary portrait of the black men and women of exotic dancing offers more than mere titillation. Read full review
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