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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThis is grim, bleak material that at times is monotonous, but its woe feels authentic.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeYelling to the Sky drips with a strange but sometimes moving nostalgia for environs its characters clearly want to escape.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierYelling is a prosaic look at a hard life. Like Sweetness, the movie finds its way by instinct.
- 50Slant MagazineMichael NordineSlant MagazineMichael NordineThe film avoids most of its genre's pratfalls, though it also shows little interest in transcending them.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeStrong on texture but taxingly light on narrative.
- 50NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsPerhaps the clearest evidence that Yelling to the Sky is based on Mahoney's own life is that the movie lets its most troubled characters off pretty easy.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisIt's disconcerting to watch Sweetness, tiny and light-skinned, assaulting Latonya, large and dark-skinned, partly because it bluntly if inconclusively underscores a crucial color divide that runs through this film like a throbbing vein.
- 40Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonLittle more than a résumé film for all involved, it certainly feels more Park City than Bushwick.