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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThis is a thoroughly stimulating movie.
- 90The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonThe New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonThe Arc of Oblivion is a documentary, which means it captures something about life right now, archiving it for the future. But Cheney is also exploring the meaning of archiving itself.
- 90Film ThreatRob RectorFilm ThreatRob RectorThe documentary is a deeply meditative look at what it means to truly live with purpose and meaning.
- 80Screen DailyNeil YoungScreen DailyNeil YoungA likeably offbeat and disarmingly self-aware documentary essay on how humans deal with the immutable transience of the universe, Ian Cheney’s globetrotting Arc Of Oblivion should leave a trace in the minds of receptive viewers.
- 75The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkWhile any passage itself could make a compelling short, it’s largely held together by the curiosity of its maker and the tangents of interest to him as a family man of a certain age when friends, family, and those close to us start slowly fading away at a quicker pace.