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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterThe variety of physical perspectives lends a vivid you-are-there aspect to this record of the Zuccotti Park protest in New York in 2011.
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThis gripping, innovatively constructed flashback commands attention.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhat is shocking is seeing the aggressive and malicious response to the movement.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIf you grant the documentary its slanted perspective at the outset, it works well as its own state-of-the-union address.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearUntil someone delivers the definitive 360-degree chronicle on the populist uprising, this collection of dispatches from the front is the best primer you could hope for.
- 40VarietyJohn AndersonVarietyJohn AndersonA documentary as messy as the movement it tries to portray, 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film possesses energy, passion and about a dozen documentaries inside it yearning to breathe free.
- 40The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinUltimately, the filmmakers are more interested in congratulating Occupy for taking a stand than in shedding light on its fascinating infrastructure and backstory, as though a protest’s existence automatically spells victory for its cause.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe visual images are manipulative and simplistic; like the verbal ranting, they are devoid of depth.