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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Oct 2017

There’s also such a profound sense of support among the participants, albeit of the tough-love variety, that the movie offers a strange kind…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 22 Oct 2017

In its visceral purity, Jairus McLeary's film drags male toxicity up into the light, offering it as a cure for itself…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 22 Oct 2017

Jairus McLeary's stirring documentary is a riveting account of Folsom Prison's unusual way of rehabilitating inmates: through a group therapy…

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By Musanna Ahmed (29) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 04 Oct 2017

The Work is a film that deserves attention at the federal level so the program can be employed throughout all of the country's prisons, then…

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By Roe Mcdermott (197) for Hot Press (197) on 20 Sep 2017

An unprecedented examination of toxic masculinity, Jairus McLeary's remarkable documentary chronicles a four-day programme of intensive group…

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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 10 Sep 2017

There's something indescribably moving about watching grown men - at least one of whom has tried to cut another man in half - wail and sob…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 10 Sep 2017

Presented without any commentary, the film leaves you with a few questions, but as a high-emotion reality show, it's compelling…

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By Matthew Anderson (173) for CineVue (2,163) on 09 Sep 2017

The Work is a rousing, arresting and ultimately cathartic call-to-arms for the power and value of rehabilitation…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for VODzilla.co (65) on 09 Sep 2017

Fascinating and deeply moving, this fly-on-the-wall doc about Folsom Prison's unconventional group therapy program packs a powerful punch…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 07 Sep 2017

Just spending time with this motley crew makes the world seem a saner place…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for Guardian (4,584) on 07 Sep 2017

The dry, strictly observational shooting style means the doc stays in the moment and rarely ventures out of the room where the programme unfolds,…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 06 Sep 2017

The Work makes gruelling viewing at times - it's more like psychotherapy than entertainment - but, by the end, viewers will feel as if they've…

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By Aimee Knight (20) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 06 Sep 2017

Not to sound trite, but it's a damn privilege to watch this movie…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 06 Sep 2017

Some context is lost in favour of a lot of weeping and wailing, but this remains an eye-opening experience…

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By Matt Glasby (349) for Total Film (3,532) on 05 Sep 2017

What emerges is as riveting as it is revelatory…

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By Linda Marric (107) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 05 Sep 2017

This is not just an exercise in soul-searching by a group of overprivileged navel-gazing males enjoying a bonding session in the woods, but…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 15 Jun 2017

A raw and immersive documentary set in Folsom Prison where prisoners and three civilians experience a four-day emotional healing encounter…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 08 Jun 2017

This intimate, intensely emotional documentary pushes against restrictive definitions of masculinity and addresses wider issues of punishment…

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By Kenneth R. Morefield (93) for Christianity Today (953) on 06 Apr 2017

The interactions between the civilians and the convicts, however, show us in startling detail that despite how different our circumstances…

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By Andrea Thompson (34) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 06 Apr 2017

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