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By Ian T (457) on 03 Nov 2017

I suspect it's the fault of the editing but by constantly just showing what are presented as powerful revelations this just seems to be 90…

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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 02 Nov 2017

A monumental achievement in documentary filmmaking. Profound and transformative, it utterly absorbs you for every single second of its running time…

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By Donna N (26) on 27 Oct 2017

From what I saw on the trailers , it looks to be a in-depth look at some very real moments…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 25 Oct 2017

Opening an aperture into a process so ego-stripping that it feels unseemly to witness, The Work is enlightening yet also punishing…

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By Vikram Murthi (112) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 24 Oct 2017

The Work asserts that the collapse of emotional barriers feels like an exorcism, and that life’s true labor involves facing and contending…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 24 Oct 2017

Though The Work leaves a lot unanswered about this unusual program (run by the Inside Circle Foundation), and the characters who participate…

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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 Ryan B (2,114) on 23 Oct 2017

Not all prisons have walls' is the byline to this powerful portrait of men healing each other through learning how to feel, share feelings,…

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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 Claire K (61) on 13 Oct 2017

Incredible piece of film making. reduced me to tears…

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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 Christopher H (1,747) on 25 Sep 2017

This is an amazing film ....immersive from start to finish and emotional to watch all the way through. Seriously if you can .... go see this film…

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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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