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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMake no mistake: Casuistry isn't easy to watch. Cat lovers might be especially turned off. But Asher had every right to make it, and you have every right to see it.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckTells a fascinatingly lurid tale.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe documentary is fair-minded but vague, and disturbing only when it describes the cat-killing in gruesome detail...Someone should take another crack at this story. Call it "The Art Of Killing Of A Movie."
- 40The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe offending videotape is never seen, but the entire film is built around its absence. Periodically, the film returns to a written police account of the video, which scrolls up the screen, documenting the animal's suffering blow by blow to the sound of ominous music.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn deliberate, clinical fashion, Zev Asher's documentary catches up with a notorious Canadian case of art versus animal cruelty.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyToo underground in feel.