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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonJesse Moss's documentary The Overnighters is a heart-wrencher about the clash between economics and ethics. Its story sounds like the sort of dry news blurb you'd skim over in the Sunday paper but unfolds into an epic tragedy.
- 91The PlaylistKatie WalshThe PlaylistKatie WalshThe Overnighters is starkly bleak and devastatingly humane, and an indelible American documentary.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe film is non-fiction storytelling of remarkable nuance.
- 90VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangLensed with a complete absence of frills that perfectly suits its honest, unvarnished tone, The Overnighters presents an indelible snapshot of a despairing moment in American history, as men abandon homes, families and dreams to stake their claim in an ever-shrinking land of opportunity.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA blue-collar meditation on the meaning of community and the imperative of compassion, one that endures even as an unexpectedly prurient drama unfolds at its center.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThe Overnighters is a documentary about real people in a real place. This is both amazing and frustrating.
- 80The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasThe thrill of The Overnighters is in witnessing a heartrending payoff that could not be anticipated nor written—and, miraculously, closes the movie on a perfect irony.
- 63Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardIf it ultimately can't reconcile all that's presented in its too-brief runtime, that's largely because its situation, much like the dissonance between those involved, is comprehensibly irresolvable.