What You Gonna Do When The World´s On Fire: reviews

What the critics say average 6.2 from 4 outlets

• 8.0 Screen DailyLee Marshall "Shot with grace and sensitivity in black and white using available and natural light, 'What You Gonna Do' is a visual treat, the easiest on the eye of all the director?s films to date". Read
• 6.0 VarietyJay Weissberg "There?s something about 'What You Gonna Do' that falls short of making the damning statements the country needs, especially now, and comparisons with more potent documentaries like the magisterial ?When the Levees Broke? don?t help". Read
• 5.8 IndiewireBen Croll "One of the issues with 'What You Gonna Do When the World?s on Fire?' is that often feels uncomfortably pulled between those two worlds. Minervini clearly has a sophisticated understanding of the United States? current social/political climate, but seems to pull his punches in places, unwilling to explore such questions when given the opportunity to do so". Read
• 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney "This is in many ways a frustrating film, its commitment admirable but its execution chaotic. The feeling arises that Minervini and his regular editor Marie-Helene Dozo found it difficult to balance the four interwoven areas of focus and would have been better off narrowing their range". Read