70
Has some style as well as compelling content.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
90
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
A rich, thought-provoking film.
80
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Anyone who doubts that a single individual can make a political impact should see Anders Østergaard’s gripping documentary.
100
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Filmmaking at its most fearless, with Ostergaard creating a suspenseful, harrowing account of his original key subject, known only as "Joshua."
89
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
It's the truth, unshackled and captured against all odds, and it's one of the most powerful documentary films I have ever seen, period.
88
Burma VJ’ retorts that eyes and ears are everywhere in our ever-tightening global communications mesh. Voices, too, and they get heard. The generals and the ayatollahs have every right to be scared.
50
The news footage, so powerful on its own, needs no enhancement. The dramatized scenes only slow the film's momentum.