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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Oct 2022

For better and worse, The Inspection seems like the movie Bratton had to make, a story so personal that some of its biggest emotional confrontations…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 26 Sep 2022

The Inspection has a few poignant moments, but its lack of introspection, well-developed character dynamics, and exploration of the systems…

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By Martin Tsai (390) for TheWrap (3,203) on 14 Sep 2022

The director hits no false notes. He knows firsthand the feelings each scene should convey, but he also has the skills to render them accurately…

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By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Sep 2022

The film is too invested in treacly cinematic optimism for its character dynamics to feel sketched out beyond their basic narrative function…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 10 Sep 2022

Pope's performance is so raw, so honest, that we're with him every step of the way…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Sep 2022

There’s brutality but also an understated hint of poetry in the way Bratton tells his story from deep inside it, making beautiful use of…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for IndieWire (3,631) on 09 Sep 2022

This is a human story, as messy and complex and maddening as any ever told, and while Bratton makes it his own (how could he not…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 09 Sep 2022

Bratton’s depth of feeling elevates the material, suggesting that, for the filmmaker, there’s something intensely cathartic and therapeutic…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 09 Sep 2022

Bratton, though, is not solely interested in a litany of struggle. He fills The Inspection with style, with spiky humor and alluring edge…

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By Ethan Vestby (87) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 09 Sep 2022

Positioned as a work of autobiography from first-time director Elegance Bratton, The Inspection is a flawed, if highly compelling promise of…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Sep 2022

It’s in the film’s queerest moments that things feel most inventive, narratively and visually, as Bratton steps most firmly outside of…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 Sep 2022

The Inspection isn’t a bad movie. Rather it’s a disappointing slog because the arduous journey it sets up should have offered greater returns…

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