79
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumJennifer Baichwal's gorgeous documentary Manufactured Landscapes amplifies the powerful work of Edward Burtynsky, a Canadian artist who specializes in large-scale photographs of terrain transformed by civilization into rivers and tides of industrial ugliness.
- 100SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirManufactured Landscapes may tell you more about how the 21st century world actually works than you really want to know, but it's a heartbreaking, beautiful, awful and awesome film.
- 80VarietyVarietyThis landmark glimpse into China's modern-day industrial revolution becomes something more -- a profound, open-ended meditation on man's physical impact on his environment.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceNothing illustrates the monstrosity of globalized commerce more vividly than the lateral tracking shot that opens Jennifer Baichwal's mesmerizing documentary Manufactured Landscapes.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoBurtynsky doesn't preach. He's content to let viewers make up their own minds from his eye-opening and eye-pleasing images.
- 70Film ThreatPete Vonder HaarFilm ThreatPete Vonder HaarSlow in places, but the feeling of foreboding you’ll take away from it is undeniable.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe result is a highly unusual viewing experience that stimulates the senses and the conscience simultaneously.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisAbsorbing if unsettling documentary.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhat's left off the table is a meaningful examination of environmental artists' responsibility to the environment they depict, and the question of whether all truly great art leaves behind a little toxic waste of its own.