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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinKudos to writer-director Antonino D'Ambrosio for taking such an eclectic and disparate number of aims, thoughts, subjects and mediums and creating the smart and inspiring - and uniquely whole -documentary that is Let Fury Have the Hour.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe film joyfully surveys the evolution of a politically informed artistic movement, set to a soundtrack that includes MC5, Rage Against the Machine, DJ Spooky, and others.
- 70VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibA curiously warm-and-fuzzy hindsight interpretation of artistic aggression, delivered by the artists themselves.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeel-good documentary gathers great interviews but isn't sure what they add up to.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineOn a political level, the film is far from a Godardian dialectic, so the view of history that emerges is, to say the least, blinkered.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisInfinitely less than the sum of its parts, Antonino D'Ambrosio's Let Fury Have the Hour crams 50 thoughtful artists into a disappointingly muddled film.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe film is one-sided and at times unfocused, but it makes a lot of sense politically.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearMore of a massive back-patting for bleeding hearts than a comprehensive-or even semi-comprehensive-survey of DIY protest art, the film unintentionally makes the perfect valentine for the OWS version of radicalism: It's righteous, full of rage and cripplingly unfocused.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe result is undoubtedly impassioned. But it's also so blinkered and self-congratulatory that it feels like an undergraduate thesis project. Even if you relate to the cause, you may find yourself frustrated by the effort.