Valley of Tears
Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: November 28, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Dense, contradictory and distressingly honest, Valley of Tears is that rarity among political documentaries: a genuinely thought-provoking film. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The movie peaks about halfway through, when town officials try to stop Perry from revealing what's going on. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The town's entrenched racism is impossible to ignore, but the efforts toward change make a compelling history. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
Fascinating assemblage combines strike footage first shot in 1979 by Perry when he was working for the Texas Farm Workers Union with film and video lensed over the ensuing 20-plus years. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Perry's careful juxtaposition of images showing the town's sad present with footage of what it's long ceased to be is positively haunting. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
An ultimately moving effort that well illustrates the often hopeless situation faced by the people whose lives it depicts. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Not everything Perry's voices say seems relevant to his central thesis, but they speak fervently and colorfully, and their intensity is compelling even when their message is lacking. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Most of the best moments in Hart Perry's latest documentary can be found in its opening half-hour, a vivid record of a 1979 strike by Mexican American migrant farmworkers in the onion fields of Raymondville, Texas. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
That's all laudable - but Perry, a longtime filmmaker, should have given the doc more urgency and punch. Read full review
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