88
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallDirectors Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV, brothers and native sons of Sidney, find poetry in images of the mundane.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe first shot tells us 45365 is the zip code of the town." In this achingly beautiful film, that zip code belongs to Sidney, Ohio, a handsome town of about 20,000 residents.
- 90VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA seductive, fascinating tapestry of small-town life.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisRemarkable patchwork of unremarkable lives.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA graceful, affectionate yet clear-eyed portrait of daily Middle America small-town life in which no individuals are interviewed but instead are observed with detachment as they go about their lives.
- 80Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonThe result is a poetic documentary of quiet American surfaces and intimately eavesdropped people.
- 75New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottImagine Norman Rockwell had he been more of a realist than a nostalgist.
- 75Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyFor such a small place (officially a city, Sidney sure feels like a town), it's strikingly diverse.