Windfall
SnagFilms | Release Date: February 3, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesAndy WebsterFeb 6, 2012
Urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirFeb 6, 2012
It's a tantalizing case study that suggests ordinary people still have the power to steer a course between faceless bureaucracies and greedy capitalists, but only just - and only if they can find a way to overcome their differences and work together. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonFeb 6, 2012
Ms. Israel's movie proves, once again, that the best nonfiction cinema possesses the same attributes as good fiction: Strong characters, conflict, story arc, visual style. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFeb 6, 2012
Windfall left me disheartened. I thought wind energy was something I could believe in. Read full review
70
NPRMark JenkinsFeb 6, 2012
A veteran film editor making her first feature, Israel emphasizes the area's low-key beauty. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierFeb 6, 2012
Whatever the legitimate arguments Windfall makes against the industry it targets, Meredith's feuding becomes just as inaccessible as the windmills that incite it. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFeb 6, 2012
Windfall is undeniably persuasive - and is likely advocating on the right side of the wind-farm issue - but the movie's case relies more on emotional appeals and frightening images of giant machines than on real, objective number-crunching. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesFeb 6, 2012
The argument is so tilted against windmills (sorry) that this comes perilously close to an advocacy video. But Israel deserves credit for delivering the bad news that wind power, like natural gas and nuclear, comes with its own array of social and environmental headaches. Read full review
50
VarietyRob NelsonFeb 6, 2012
Variably articulate subjects drone on and on in an 83-minute film that could easily make its TV news-style point in a half-hour or less. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerFeb 6, 2012
Given the film's inability to posit any significant objections - or, for that matter, alternatives - to the turbines, it all feels like so much petty sniping against progress. Read full review
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