Motherland: reviews
Reviews
What the critics say average 8.0 from 3
- 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterJustin Lowe
Diaz shoots verite style, eschewing any formal interviews, experts' opinions or archival footage. As her handheld camera fluidly follows its subjects through the hospital, an intimate portrait emerges of Fabella's role as an essential social safety net in a nation overtaxed to provide basic medical services for its constantly growing population.
Read - 8.0 VarietyDennis Harvey
There's an ease of intimacy to Diaz's observations that suggests her crew was embedded for some time in the ward. The camerawork is crisp and bright, the editorial assembly likewise effortlessly engaging, capturing a sense of lives revealed in the everyday workings of the hospital.
Read - 8.0 Screen DailyNikki Baughan
An eye-opening, moving and often shocking film, 'Motherland' is a serious-minded documentary without talking heads, music, or narrative structure; instead, DOP Nadia Hellgren observes every stage of the process, from admissions to delivery room, operating theatre to postnatal ward, and lets the facts speak for themselves.
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- The critics, 8.0 on average from 3 reviews.
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- The highest score is The Hollywood Reporter’s (8.0) and the lowest Screen Daily’s (8.0).