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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallBartlett and Mevoli give appealing performances, and Bell adds to the authenticity by peppering their radical clique with real-life activists.
- Properly speaking, Exist is not a protest film but a protest video - the grass-roots medium of choice - and Ms. Bell makes good use of the technology. Mock interviews reinforce a strong documentary impulse, while digital blurs and layering further distance the material from status quo moviemaking.
- 50Village VoiceBen KenigsbergVillage VoiceBen KenigsbergExist is prone to posturing. Demonstrating a noble if wishy-washy faith in activism's power to save the world, the film amounts to a brief, earnest howl against apathy--easily dismissible for those unsympathetic to its views and basically useless for everyone else.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe story is so contrived and the dialogue so stilted that no amount of talent could save Exist.