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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100VarietyManuel BetancourtVarietyManuel BetancourtThe Mother of All Lies is an astonishing work whose maturity comes from El Moudir’s wide-eyed approach to her family history, where memory and history are quite literally reduced to playthings in order to process the unspeakable events they conjure up.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe result is a sly, often playful but ultimately moving study of community, generational anguish and atrocities covered up by the state that blends documentary technique with originality and polished storytelling skill.
- 75The PlaylistAnkit JhunjhunwalaThe PlaylistAnkit JhunjhunwalaEl Moudir, at long last, demands a reckoning, that will uncover old wounds, but also provide closure.
- 65The Film VerdictStephen DaltonThe Film VerdictStephen DaltonAs a piece of investigative journalism it feels a little too fuzzy, but as an imaginative exercise in non-fiction cinema, it is consistently interesting and often hauntingly beautiful.