Trouble the Water Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 12 Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The documentary shows outrageous behavior, none more so than when they and many others are directed to a nearby Navy base for refuge.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Essential, unique viewing.Read the full review

Wall Street Journal | Joanne KaufmanAdd Critic to Favorites

A deeply moving story of resilience and redemption.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Lessin and Deal have made Trouble the Water a spellbinder you do not want to miss.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

A stirring documentary.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

They have created an ingeniously fluid narrative structure that, when combined with Ms. Roberts’s visuals, news material and their own original 16-millimeter film footage, ebbs and flows like great drama.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

Trouble The Water is infuriating in its depiction of helpless Americans getting left behind, and uplifting in the way it shows the Roberts putting their lives together, but it's also frustrating, because it lacks some focus.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Engrossing documentary.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Justin LoweAdd Critic to Favorites

Kimberly's ground-zero home video of the storm is what really makes the film exceptional, although much of it is of such rough quality and execution that it struggles to hold up on the big screen.Read the full review

Washington Post | Neely TuckerAdd Critic to Favorites

Weaker in its second half than its mesmerizing first, as the story moves away from the intensity of the storm to follow the Robertses in their efforts to resettle.Read the full review

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