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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshWhile the situation seems at times dire, Trapped contains a distinct hopeful streak that is at once defiant and singularly human.
- 90The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterTrapped is not a balanced analysis of the abortion debate; it makes its sympathies clear. But it is a powerful and persuasive rendering of a corner of women’s health care under siege.
- 88RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comUnabashedly pro-choice, Trapped is not a debate itself, but it has no need to be.
- 88Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughWhy do Parker and the other clinic owners and staff persevere despite constant harassment and potential assassination? Not for the money, certainly. Perhaps because no one else will.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeTrapped is a succinct and heart-rending revelation of this complex and controversial subject. Most strikingly, it puts human faces on a social and personal issue that has been often engulfed by the invective surrounding it.
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartScary and sad, Trapped is for anyone who cares about the precarious future of reproductive health for American women.
- 75Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayLike "After Tiller" a few years ago, Trapped is lucid and illuminating about the issue of abortion as a constitutional right. But in addition to being instructive, it brims with compassion, leaving viewers with haunting images of women we never even got to see in the first place.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayTrapped is hit-and-miss as a piece of filmmaking but effective as an argument, contending not only that some Americans’ rights are being systematically taken away, but that when only a handful of organizations stand up for those rights, they become a bigger target.
- 60VarietyBen KenigsbergVarietyBen KenigsbergPowerful material doesn’t automatically yield a timeless or artistic documentary, and for better or worse, Trapped is an op-ed aimed squarely at the present moment in an enduring national conversation.