90
Screen International by Allan Hunter
Expertly paced, Glory builds to a cleverly staged off-camera climax that perfectly caps everything that has gone before.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
75
Slant Magazine by Christopher Gray
The film's rough-hewn naturalism belies an exquisite sense of pace and a sneaky breed of gallows humor.
75
It’s so confidently directed and performed that even the obvious bits sink in.
90
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
The variable incongruities of Glory give it a queasy power uncommon in contemporary cinema. It’s the feel-bad movie of the spring.
80
The film quietly builds to a feeling of inexorable disaster, guided by terrific performances as well as spot-on editing.
90
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
Directed with wit and structural precision — there is not a single moment in the film that feels wasted or doesn’t pay off later on — Glory uses two vastly opposing characters (a communications specialist vs. someone who can barely communicate at all) to depict a society riddled with fraud and cruelty.
88
Like films such as Cristi Puiu’s “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” (2005), Glory transforms that realism into metaphors that don’t just criticize a particular system but lay plain the universal exploitation of the weak and honest by the corrupt and powerful.
80
Shot with doc-style immediacy, it expertly builds to a shocking climax.