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By Phil Pirrello (9) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 18 Nov 2022

The Inspection isn’t a perfect movie, but there are times when it feels like it’s tantalizingly close…

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By Chase Hutchinson (96) for Collider (1,032) on 18 Nov 2022

The Inspection proves to be a rich work of personal introspection crossed with a wiser slice of life portrait of an era that can only come…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 18 Nov 2022

Union's sour presence suggests the tougher film that could have been, bookending the movie with a double dose of viciousness; theirs is a relationship…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 18 Nov 2022

Some experiences are so profound (and/or scarring) that they elude explication…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 17 Nov 2022

In its most moving and offhandedly momentous moments, The Inspection becomes a chronicle of not just persecution and survival but also solidarity,…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 17 Nov 2022

The metamorphosis that Bratton explores, and that Pope embodies — the way Ellis both changes and remains ever faithful to himself — is…

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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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