Until the Light Takes Us
Variance Films | Release Date: December 4, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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75
New York PostKyle Smith
Essentially amounts to an extended interview with a psycho, fleshed out with background material that, while suitably shocking, is not always illuminating or even frank. The film is curiously shy about calling Varg what he is: a Nazi. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
As crafty and compelling as Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell's Until the Light Takes Us is, it may go too far in its understandable desire to correct the bias and prejudice of mainstream journalism. Read full review
60
Time OutSteve Smith
Plainspoken music doc relies on firsthand testimony from band members and key observers. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMike Hale
Absorbing, low-key documentary. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
One artist favorably compares the homemade metal scene to state-supported "mediocre cultural activity"--as good a designation as any for Until the Light Takes Us. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
Contains fascinating footage – material from the 1980s that looks to be the work of angry, ancient Norse warriors. There is, however, almost no perspective here. Perhaps the filmmakers succumbed to a condition associated with a city east of Oslo – the Stockholm Syndrome. Read full review
40
VarietyJohn Anderson
Stylistic overreach and neglect of the uninitiated make Until the Light Takes Us a too-specialized examination of Norway's black-metal movement and the aberrant culture surrounding it. Read full review
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Boston GlobeJoan Anderman
Talking heads are overused in documentaries, but in this case a dose of perspective, a point of view or two, would have a gone a long way toward turning a pageant of unreliable voices and morbid images into a portrait of the artists and their deadly scene as something more than misunderstood. Read full review
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