To Be Heard
ITVS | Release Date: October 14, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesPaul BrunickOct 11, 2011
Check your cynicism at the ticket booth. To Be Heard is one of the best documentaries of the year. Read full review
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerOct 10, 2011
In the end, the power poetry workshops, as the teachers are first to admit, are not about creating Shakespeares. They are about survival. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMindy FarabeeNov 6, 2011
For how well this finely crafted work captures the pressures of inner-city poverty, single-parent families and abusive relationships, one of its strengths lies in its ability to also gracefully locate the drama in filling out a college application. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 14, 2011
This brisk but full documentary about students at a Bronx high school taking a class that promotes literacy and poetry slams is, like its subjects, multifaceted, sometimes sad but ultimately inspiring. Read full review
80
Village VoiceBenjamin MercerOct 11, 2011
However uplifting, To Be Heard, shot over the course of several years, takes a surprisingly unflinching look at the home lives of the three high schoolers. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Oct 10, 2011
This arc may sound particularly familiar on paper, but To Be Heard finds the unique passions and heartaches in all three stories, allowing the viewer to become invested in whatever outcome befalls each subject. Read full review
60
Time OutSam AdamsOct 11, 2011
Spanning four years, To Be Heard has a large enough scope to map its subjects' rocky road to reinvention, concentrating on various bumps along the way. Read full review
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