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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Seattle TimesThe Seattle TimesA profoundly brave film.
- 100Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayA shattering vérité portrait of the disintegration of Iraqi society in the period immediately following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from that country, this urgent, of-the-moment film doesn’t explain the ensuing chaos as much as plunge viewers into it firsthand, offering a terrifying, ultimately moving portrait of the effects of war, both physical and psychic.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe look is rough, the emotions always hovering near the surface. Yet, buoyed by Mr. Sharif’s cheery personality, these can sometimes be defiantly upbeat.
- 80Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganThose who can’t understand the tangled battle zones or tragic recent history of Iraq may take some comfort from Nowhere To Hide’s revelation that ordinary citizens of that country don’t understand any of it either.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinProbably that’s the most hopeful thing in the film — that and the spare and very beautiful guitar soundtrack by Gaute Barlindhaug and Ciwan Haco. No one can make sense of what is happening to this and other families. But they must film it.
- 80Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAs captured through the ceaselessly unflinching lens of Sharif’s borrowed video camera, Nowhere to Hide offers an uneasy prognosis that is at once graphically gut-wrenching and doggedly life-affirming.
- 80Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyVillage VoiceCraig D. LindseyBoth Sharif and Ahmed make sure audiences leave Nowhere to Hide well aware that Iraq remains a war zone — one where innocent people remain caught in the crossfire.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAn immersive, compact and unpolished documentary from the Kurdish-born, Oslo-based filmmaker Zaradasht Ahmed.
- 75Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughSharif is a paragon of decency and endurance, but his camera skills are limited and often constrained by circumstances. For the most part this roughness reflects the raw immediacy of the experience.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe genial, relentlessly curious Sharif proves an excellent guide as the security situation spirals from instability into nightmare and the so-called Islamic State (aka ISIS or Daesh) advances inexorably advances towards Jalawla.