87
Metascore
10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistBrian FarvourThe PlaylistBrian FarvourIto’s presence propels the film; her passion, vulnerability, and resilient strength are the film’s most compelling components, as they should be, and it’s hoped that the closure she’s pursued finally found its way to her.
- 90Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganIt seems to encapsulate a generation’s dreams and disappointments, torments and triumphs. Even if it takes place on the other side of the world, it’s still a story we all know when we see it.
- 90Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangThe result is a tough, harrowing work of self-portraiture in which it’s Ito’s own journalistic tenacity, as much as her personal determination and outrage, that leads her to go public with her story, despite enormous pressure to do the opposite.
- 83ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonIt’s a brave, uncompromising debut.
- 80The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick SchagerA remarkably intimate non-fiction exposé about the ordeals women suffer after being sexually assaulted—and the strength, courage and togetherness required to change that status quo.
- 79Paste MagazineJacob OllerPaste MagazineJacob OllerIts devastation is familiar. But because filmmaker Shiori Itō is both survivor and journalist, and recorded her own investigation into her assault in real time, the documentary becomes a thrilling testament to her exceptional, tenacious agency in the face of a hostile world.
- 75Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeSlant MagazineRoss McIndoeThe film leaves on a razor’s edge between hope and despair, encouraged on the one hand by the passion with which justice is being demanded and, on the other, depressed by the widespread indifference with which these demands are met.
- 75The Film StageLena WilsonThe Film StageLena WilsonIto is undeniably brave, but this autobiographical doc could stand to be a bit less shiny.