Trapped
Abramorama | Release Date: March 4, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshMar 3, 2016
While the situation seems at times dire, Trapped contains a distinct hopeful streak that is at once defiant and singularly human. Read full review
90
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMar 3, 2016
Trapped is not a balanced analysis of the abortion debate; it makes its sympathies clear. But it is a powerful and persuasive rendering of a corner of women’s health care under siege. Read full review
88
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMar 10, 2016
Why do Parker and the other clinic owners and staff persevere despite constant harassment and potential assassination? Not for the money, certainly. Perhaps because no one else will. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMar 4, 2016
Unabashedly pro-choice, Trapped is not a debate itself, but it has no need to be. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeMar 3, 2016
Trapped is a succinct and heart-rending revelation of this complex and controversial subject. Most strikingly, it puts human faces on a social and personal issue that has been often engulfed by the invective surrounding it. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMar 17, 2016
Porter’s film is undeniably skewed to the pro-choice position, although she does interview antiabortion advocates as they protest. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMar 3, 2016
On the few occasions when the filmmaker does manage to capture their faces, Trapped obtains a more profound connection to the stakes at hand. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 3, 2016
Like "After Tiller" a few years ago, Trapped is lucid and illuminating about the issue of abortion as a constitutional right. But in addition to being instructive, it brims with compassion, leaving viewers with haunting images of women we never even got to see in the first place. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartMar 2, 2016
Scary and sad, Trapped is for anyone who cares about the precarious future of reproductive health for American women. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMar 2, 2016
Trapped is hit-and-miss as a piece of filmmaking but effective as an argument, contending not only that some Americans’ rights are being systematically taken away, but that when only a handful of organizations stand up for those rights, they become a bigger target. Read full review
60
VarietyBen KenigsbergMar 3, 2016
Powerful material doesn’t automatically yield a timeless or artistic documentary, and for better or worse, Trapped is an op-ed aimed squarely at the present moment in an enduring national conversation. Read full review
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