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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergThe Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergPortrait of a city? Portrait of a pair of heroic brothers? Portrait of humanity on the brink of COVID? In this tiny marvel of a documentary, it’s a little and a lot all at once.
- 95Film ThreatFilm ThreatAll That Breathes is a powerful documentary with a message that needs to be felt down deep in the lungs.
- 83The Film StageAlistair RyderThe Film StageAlistair RyderThe twin issues of climate change and Delhi’s ensuing air pollution remain largely unspoken factors in Sen’s film, which in its best moments constructs elaborate tracking shots detailing the full scale of devastation caused by extreme weather conditions.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichAll That Breathes is determined to illustrate how two peoples’ failure to listen to each other is no different than one species’ failure to acknowledge the rest of its environment — that each aspect of Delhi is sharing the same broken conversation, whether they recognize that or not.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterSaud, Nadeem and Salik are engaging and inspirational individuals. Shaunak Sen’s film does justice to their efforts but also allows us to see the bigger picture of a highly connected, complex world that humanity shares but seems intent on destroying.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawShaunak Sen’s documentary is a complex, thoughtful, quietly beautiful film about the ecosystem and human community.
- 80EmpireJohn NugentEmpireJohn NugentA thoughtful, meditative thesis on humanity’s relationship with nature, filmed with the kind of cinematographic beauty most fiction filmmakers can only aspire towards.
- If Sen were to better connect Nadeem and Saud’s faith and civic identities with the kites and other animals’ desperate fight for balance in an urbanized nature, All That Breathes would be an excellent documentary.
- 75Slant MagazinePat BrownSlant MagazinePat BrownShaunak Sen’s documentary is both otherworldly and humanizing, as if it were bridging a gap between different forms of existence.