88
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThis film leaves you with the thrill of a good fight fought hard. It’s a scrappy, absorbing tribute to the pragmatic value of compromise, carefully proffered in pursuit of a greater good. America’s candidates would do well to take a page out of this doc’s book.
- 100Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAs excellent a documentary about politics as you will ever see.
- 100The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyBoth inspiring and upsetting, Democrats is, finally, a film that deserves to be called “necessary.”
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriIt truly is a movie about politics, and it’s among the more mesmerizing ones you’ll see — even if you know very little about Zimbabwe itself.
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezNielsson’s documentary portrait is a tragic look at the broken political process in Zimbabwe.
- 75Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardAccording to the film, individual misdeeds aren't the final enemy, but the byproduct of an unregulated regime.
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmRogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmWhat’s lacking from the film is any substantial exploration of the Constitution itself, and the democratic laws that would’ve made it a game-changer in Zimbabwe, had any of them been put into effect.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNielsson somewhat frustratingly avoids giving us many cues to the passage of time, but nevertheless the film captures some of the drama generated by the public's impatience and Mugabe's maneuvering during the long drafting process