60
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceAaron CutlerVillage VoiceAaron CutlerThe men's faces often vanish as they go underground, threatened with permanent disappearance: the risk of dynamite bursting early, or of rope breaking and leaving them trapped. The filmmakers find those faces again in private interviews above ground, each miner sitting away from the others to discuss how he feels about the job.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeWell-lensed observational doc exposes an obscure economic reality in Mongolia.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWhile the real-time aesthetic approach sporadically enthralls, it also reveals the narrow worldview that burdens the film.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA noncommittal, occasionally surreal portrait of hardscrabble lives and omnipresent risk.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeA scrappy portrait of half a dozen renegade gold-diggers.