Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 22, 2015
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Jun 23, 2015
    80
    The film triumphs in making viewers feel the true loss of the lives of people we never knew.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jun 23, 2015
    80
    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.
  3. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Cynthia Fuchs
    Jun 23, 2015
    70
    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.

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  1. Prisme
    Sep 29, 2015
    8
    Hard to watch but I recommend to everyone no matter which side of the gun debate you are. It is a visceral look into the suffering and loss ofHard to watch but I recommend to everyone no matter which side of the gun debate you are. It is a visceral look into the suffering and loss of life that is all too often reduced to aseptic newspapers titles that convey horrific events but still leave us completely oblivious to what occurred on a more personal level. I am not sure why some critics perceive this documentary as presumptuous, exploitative or poor investigative journalism since it is entirely existentialist in its presentation: gun deaths are what they are, you get to decide how you feel and think about what you are looking at - that's it, that's all. We witness first hand that gun violence puts all of us at risk: siblings, parents, couples, children and for the same dumb reasons which are really not reasons at all. To anyone with a conscience, this doc really drives the following message home: always be prudent and vigilent, be doubly careful with children and the mentally ill and be aware of the risks of someone else getting access to your firearms and doing something stupid.… Full Review »