At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
HBO | Release Date: May 3, 2019
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
CNNBrian LowryMay 7, 2019
Season 1 Review: Yet by turning the documentary into such a powerful forum for the resolve and resilience of these young women, Carr, in filmmaking terms, really sticks the landing. Read full review
80
The New York TimesBilge EbiriMay 9, 2019
Season 1 Review: The many revelations about Nassar have already been widely reported, but Carr’s film, which is also available on HBO, works as a worthwhile précis, featuring interviews with many of the women who came forward. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 3, 2019
Season 1 Review: A compellingly woven true-crime primer that serves both the gist of what happened while exploding your consciousness over what needs to be done in the future. Read full review
80
The AtlanticSophie GilbertMay 3, 2019
Season 1 Review: What Carr manages to indict in the film is both a specific environment and a more general culture disinclined to believe what women say about their own body. ... The most powerful moments in the movie come in the final third, as Carr captures the week in January 2018 during which 156 women gave victim-impact statements before Nassar’s sentencing in criminal court. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonMay 3, 2019
Season 1 Review: The benefits outweigh the few unsavory side effects of this largely first-rate documentary, a clangorous wake-up call about a career of sexual abuse that seems to have been too clumsy and/or obvious to have gone on for a week, much less 20 years. Read full review
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