Boxoffice Magazine by Pam Grady

There are gaps here and there, but it provides a fascinating introduction to a corner of film history that has gotten too little attention.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Entertaining and informative documentary on how native people have been portrayed on-screen over the years and how these portrayals have shaped native self-perception and non-native prejudice.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Joe Williams

The documentary ends on a hopeful note, as Indians themselves have taken control of their image.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Examines in entertaining detail the way Hollywood has treated North American natives going as far back as the days of silent flicks.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by James Adams

Entertaining and informative documentary on how native people have been portrayed on-screen over the years and how these portrayals have shaped native self-perception and non-native prejudice.

The New York Times by Mike Hale

Absorbing and amusing for as long as it looks back at those Hollywood westerns, recounting their sins against American Indians.

Variety by Joe Leydon

The tone of Reel Injun is respectfully serious, though well short of angry, while focusing on how the stereotypical depictions of marauding redskins affected the self-images of Native Americans.

Time Out by David Fear

The first-person sections, however, couldn’t be more clumsy or grating, and every time Diamond’s tone-deaf narration starts repeating the obvious, you can feel an eye-opening history lesson turning into a quirky, orbs-glazing travelogue.

Village Voice

Combining a road trip from his native Arctic reservation to Los Angeles with an archival cinematic survey, Diamond's treatment of each is perfunctory to the point of inutility.

Village Voice by Andrew Schenker

Combining a road trip from his native Arctic reservation to Los Angeles with an archival cinematic survey, Diamond's treatment of each is perfunctory to the point of inutility.