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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatBradley GibsonFilm ThreatBradley GibsonLowen does a masterful job of presenting the anti-choice movement without spin.
- 67IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandMessy, personal, timely, brimming with ideas, overflowing with pain, and without answers: that’s the debate, and that’s the doc.
- 65TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanTheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanBattleground does serve as an excellent primer on the political and practical positions of both sides. But the biggest takeaway of this disconcerting documentary may come from pro-choice activist Sam Blakely, who insists that “we have to stop playing defense, and start playing offense.” Hope, it turns out, is no kind of strategy at all.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe film’s immersion into the anti-abortion movement — with a smattering of pro-choice voices woven in — is consistently fascinating. But Lowen’s measured approach also raises a question: How loud does a warning cry have to be to register? Eye-opening though it is, at times Battleground is muted to a fault.
- 50The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe documentary is a cookie-cutter presentation intent on showing viewers how leaders of the anti-abortion movement have managed to advance their goals and consolidate power by mobilizing an evangelical minority.