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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatAn important heads-up to what is going on in our country right now in the name of national security, and a brilliant statement on artistic freedom and the dangers it faces. This film should be seen, should be discussed and is an important document on our times.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttElectrifying and alarming film.
- 80VarietyVarietyYounger filmmakers should be looking to Hershman Leeson for lessons on how to reinvent old forms while at the same time telling an urgently topical story.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceSlipping in and out of character, variously embodying, studying, and commenting on their counterparts, the actors manage both dramatic reenactment and its deconstruction with aplomb.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSomewhere between documentary and dramatization, fact and impression, Strange Culture molds one man’s tragedy into an engrossing narrative experiment that defies categorization.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesWith a score by the Residents, cartoon art by Warren Heise and Timothy Stock, and scenes of the actors commenting on and interacting with the real-life Kurtz, this 2006 advocacy video brings a jumpy energy to its Orwellian tale.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirLynn Hershman hasn't reached much of an audience, which makes the modest national rollout of her fascinating Strange Culture a noteworthy event.
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoAs sad as it is to realize that youth activism in this country is dead, it's sadder still to find yourself agreeing that they have a point. Just look at what happened to Kurtz.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThe famously lovely mug of Tilda Swinton (cast as Kurtz’s wife) merely distracts, and I couldn’t help feeling that this potent story would have been far better served by a straight-ahead documentary.