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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe emotional reserve of 66 Days can make the film feel a little dry at times, given that it’s about something as visceral as a man starving himself to death. But Byrne does a fine job of juggling a lot of information.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinByrne’s film is concerned with the process and practice of myth-making: the way the right person, or action, or face, can capture a moment, or galvanise a movement – and, for both good and ill, transform politics into something like art.
- 80Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonIt’s in contextualising Sands’s struggle that ‘66 Days’ is most effective.
- 80Total FilmJamie GrahamTotal FilmJamie GrahamInformed, balanced and deeply humane.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThis finely crafted docu may well long stand as the most balanced among such treatments, as it respectfully examines Sands’ folk-heroic legacy rather than simply amplifying it.
- 75Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaBrendan J. Byrne's documentary about Bobby Sands colors its familiar formal lines with welcome intelligence.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMr. Byrne’s film is a sober, evenhanded recapitulation of Sands’s imprisonment and death that places him in a historical context.
- 60CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonThough it is clearly a work of great empathy and respect, Bobby Sands: 66 Days takes pains to offer alternative perspectives and as such makes for a richly textured and complex portrait of man, myth and movement.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawSands is still an opaque figure by the end of this film. We have his sombre writings and journals but, interestingly, there are hardly any clear photographs, and we learn little about him as a human being.