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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufThe miracle here is not so much that Pray captures the DJs in peak form, but that he comprehensively captures SO MANY of them.
- 80Washington PostWashington PostEngrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary.
- 75Miami HeraldMiami HeraldMesmerizing.
- 75Boston GlobeBoston GlobeAn illuminating and entertaining study of an underground culture that has become part of the American mainstream.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray ConlogueThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray ConlogueThis engaging documentary is an excursion into the immense "art" form of hip-hop.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerA loose-limbed documentary about the hip-hop D.J. scene that, for know-nothings like me, is highly informative without being in the least academic.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceScratch's strongest moments are the live performance sequences, where hip-hop becomes an ultra-rhythmic spiritual experience, with roots in West African trance ritual and South Bronx gang solidarity.
- 63New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannPray will force you to look at the music as more than just gobbledygook created by musical-bower birds who can't spell.
- 60Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorA standard mix of performances, interviews, and gimmickry -- the image and sound sometimes loop or jump in a tiresomely literal attempt to translate the techniques of scratching and "beat juggling" into cinema.