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Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING (cg) "A fascinating window into the seldom-portrayed and less-than-glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. It explores a world that is fraught with risk and dilemmas..." (See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 150 words, 07/01/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "The extent of the need around the world is so enormous and overwhelming that the efforts of the doctors in this sobering film seem both vitally necessary and woefully inadequate." (See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 786 words, 06/04/10 Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Expertly crafted... reveals the characters of four intelligent, reflective and wholly engaging individuals.... dynamic, informal and observant..." (See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 233 words, 06/04/10 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...more suited to PBS than to the big screen. In any event, be warned that there are numerous graphic scenes in the operating room." (See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 175 words, 06/04/10 Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...impressive... works as a visceral seminar on medical justice. Filmmaker Mark N. Hopkins presents four caring, courageous healers who reflect as deeply on their motives as their impact." (See all of Bill Stamets's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 250 words, 06/18/10 Michelle Orange, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "Filmmaker Mark Hopkins focuses on the work, refusing to get too close to his subjects, who themselves struggle -- as a matter of survival -- against the human instinct to not just cure but connect to those in pain." (See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 225 words, 06/02/10
Rachel Saslow, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "By the end of the film, the overwhelming urge is to send gobs of money to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization so that it can help more people." (See all of Rachel Saslow's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 505 words, 06/04/10 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...can be frustrating in the stories it chooses to tell... But the film is nonetheless gripping, sobering, inspiring stuff." (See all of Steven Rea's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 360 words, 06/04/10 Lucy Barber, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Regardless of how limited the relief they offer may be, Medecins Sans Frontieres is the last line of defense for these countries and, in a very different way, for the doctors who go there." (See all of Lucy Barber's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 412 words, 06/04/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...gets so close to bloodshed that it doesn't provide perspective.... The film confirms it's hard to do brain surgery on a battlefield. But it doesn't take a brain surgeon to think it could go deeper." (See all of Joe Williams's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 199 words, 06/11/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: VERY GOOD (cg) "...sobering..." (See all of Tom Long's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 374 words, 06/18/10
Michelle Orange, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "Filmmaker Mark Hopkins focuses on the work, refusing to get too close to his subjects, who themselves struggle -- as a matter of survival -- against the human instinct to not just cure but connect to those in pain." (See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 225 words, 06/02/10 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "Documentarian Mark Hopkins does not try to exploit emotions... You're left in the position of one exhausted doctor who asks: how can you not do something when you know so much needs to be done?" (See all of Peter Keough's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 160 words, 06/03/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: VERY GOOD "The camera is unsparing. Not only does it show graphic surgeries but it keeps rolling while doctors displace their anger at the world on one another." (See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 446 words, 06/04/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "The extent of the need around the world is so enormous and overwhelming that the efforts of the doctors in this sobering film seem both vitally necessary and woefully inadequate." (See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 786 words, 06/04/10 Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Expertly crafted... reveals the characters of four intelligent, reflective and wholly engaging individuals.... dynamic, informal and observant..." (See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 233 words, 06/04/10
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "What distinguishes Hopkins' film is its immersion in the day-to-day pileup of impossible decisions that make any success fleeting and every mistake haunting." (See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 649 words, 06/01/10 Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter: OUTSTANDING "...powerful... a bracing blast of reality... an unforgettable chronicle..." (See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 574 words, 06/02/10 Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Expertly crafted... reveals the characters of four intelligent, reflective and wholly engaging individuals.... dynamic, informal and observant..." (See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 233 words, 06/04/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "The extent of the need around the world is so enormous and overwhelming that the efforts of the doctors in this sobering film seem both vitally necessary and woefully inadequate." (See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 786 words, 06/04/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: VERY GOOD "The camera is unsparing. Not only does it show graphic surgeries but it keeps rolling while doctors displace their anger at the world on one another." (See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...) (Read the full review...) 446 words, 06/04/10
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