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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThis collection of interactions with ordinary people is a cinematic gift both simple and multilayered, an intellectual challenge and an emotional adventure.
- 90VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeStory’s an original, and the film is a revelation — a movie that’s as deep as we’re willing to read into it, and an invaluable time capsule for summers far in our future, assuming we ever get there.
- 75Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayThe documentary represents a city ground down by inequality and division, where millions of selves who have by and large given up on one another.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyWhile it never feels completely defeatist, her film offers scattered snapshots of an uncertain society in its dog days.
- 60Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSometimes an experiment feels like just an experiment, and that’s where the well-intentioned query The Hottest August ultimately lands.