Welcome to Pine Hill
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: March 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFeb 27, 2013
Welcome To Pine Hill is a short, docu-realistic film, with very little plot and scenes that play like loose improvisations. Miller is mainly interested in the various spaces Harper inhabits, and how he inhabits them. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottFeb 28, 2013
[Mr. Miller's] film shows the influence of other recent work in the American neo-neo-realist vein, notably Ramin Bahrani’s “Goodbye, Solo” and Lance Hammer’s “Ballast,” and like them relies on understatement and indirection to arrive at a powerful and resonant meaning. Read full review
80
Time OutEric HynesFeb 26, 2013
Miller’s ace in the hole is the hulking, regal Harper, whose round face vacillates between childlike mirth and lung-stomping sadness. His casual charisma not only commands our attention and affection, it sidelines every social or thematic concern to this singular, tentatively aspiring life. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesStaff [Not Credited]Jun 6, 2013
Mixes real-life situations and characters with fictionalized narrative threads to create a highly authentic slice-of-life drama. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJonathan KieferMar 1, 2013
At times the improvised dialogue seems too schematic and superfluous, especially in view of such exploratory and observant handheld camera work. Otherwise, though, this is wonderful stuff. Read full review
67
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 2, 2013
While far from perfect, Welcome To Pine Hill works more often than it doesn’t and is an intimate and existential character study of a man out of place with his past, himself, and his surroundings, and the push and pull of former and future worlds beckoning him. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineNick McCarthyFeb 26, 2013
Keith Miller doesn't always trust the fluency of his visual language, occasionally forcing a point that's already being captured. Read full review
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