Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014
HBO | Release Date: June 22, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostHank StueverJun 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: The film triumphs in making viewers feel the true loss of the lives of people we never knew. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: Viewers can get depressed, infuriated or defensive. In the end, Requiem makes no overt political or ideological statement because it doesn’t have to. It’s about madness. Read full review
70
PopMattersCynthia FuchsJun 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: Nick Doob and Shari Cookson’s decision to use such “found footage” makes their film at once immediate and distressingly distanced, as it offers images both ordinary and specific, families and individuals posing for photos, their faces turned to the camera. Read full review
40
Yahoo TVKen TuckerJun 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: The stories are all awful. They leave you feeling angry, depressed, and hopeless that anything can be done about gun violence in America. But Requiem for the Dead also feels manipulative in a reality TV sort of way. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJun 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: Requiem doesn’t delve deeply enough to be anything but a blame-the-gun film.... The film is less helpful on the hard questions than it thinks it is, and watching it feels more exploitative than revelatory. Read full review
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