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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinUkrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s Maidan harkens back to the heroic, journalistic roots of documentary-making and yet feels ineffably modern and formally daring. It’s a tiny marvel of a movie.
- 100Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonEasily the most rigorous, vital, and powerful movie of 2014, Sergei Loznitsa's Maidan may be a perfect Bazinian cinema-machine — reality is captured, crystallized, honored for its organic complexity, and delivered unpoisoned by exposition or emphasis.
- 90VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergBeyond the film’s immediacy, “Maidan” is an impressive, bold treatment of a complex subject via rigidly formalist means
- 83The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicIf you have the patience to play the role of silent witness for the full two hours, Maidan is a rewarding experience and an alarmingly important wake-up call for those still in the dark about one of today's most critical situations.
- 80Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeDon’t watch this doc for a lesson in the crisis. Maidan is hard work, with no voiceover or interviews and just the odd scrap of information written on screen to guide you through.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonCourageous and indelible account and an invaluable perspective of the protests.
- 80CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleMaidan is a stunning piece of political cinema and a documentary of quietly moving power and beauty.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIt puts the viewer inside Maidan, allowing them to draw their own conclusions about the ideas and agendas espoused by the movement's leaders and participants.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergMaidan is a film of scale and immediacy, finding artistry, for better or worse, in bearing witness.