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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Raj Amit Kumar’s film, which was banned by the country’s national censor board, is an intentional act of cultural and political provocation, and goes about its task as relentlessly as possible.
- Director Raj Amit Kumar's bold but ultimately muddled attempt to address extremism and intolerance.
- 30Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsThough it starts off as a cautiously optimistic conversion narrative, the pseudo-progressive, banned-in-India LGBT drama Unfreedom quickly devolves into an absurdly pessimistic provocation.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiIn writer-director Raj Amit Kumar's heavy-handed political theater, characters are little more than avatars of opposing cultural currents.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisUnspooling with an angry intensity and without a single sympathetic character, “Unfreedom” (originally titled “Blemished Light”) is a hard-line thriller derailed by messy editing and narrative silliness.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThe awkwardly titled Unfreedom clearly waves the flag for acceptance and nonviolence — but it would be more effective if it invested as much in some cinematic nuance.
- 25RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie ventures into the realm of pure grindhouse sadism. It’s borderline reprehensible, in spite of Kumar’s intentions.
- 12Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film's troubled aesthetics are exacerbated by a screenplay that contains the trappings of amateur toil, including dialogue that harps on innocuous moments and trifling exposition.