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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 29 Oct 2015

Hand it to directors Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker, who could have made the story into a black-hat/white-hat affair…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 29 Oct 2015

Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 05 Oct 2015

Well-edited, well-balanced and frightening…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 22 Sep 2015

The way those things come together in this strange tale of a small-town newcomer and his crazy dream — it’s like “The Music Man,” except…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Sep 2015

The movie serves as an anthropological study of a small town and what happens when a caustic outside force comes barreling in…

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By Matt Shiverdecker (33) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 13 Sep 2015

The end result is a powerfully raw fly-on-the-wall look at this rural farm community (with less than 30 residents) that was torn apart by the…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 12 Sep 2015

Welcome to Leith is a sober, terrifying look at the very real monsters roaming the quiet countryside…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 09 Sep 2015

An uncomfortable, essential documentary that takes no sides as it raises questions about American ideals that are almost unanswerable but demand…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 08 Sep 2015

Grippingly depicting the ensuing tensions that constantly threaten to spill over into violence — even while raising discomfiting questions…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for AV Club (2,778) on 08 Sep 2015

A solid documentary feeling of “you are there” isn’t always a substitute for “…but here’s what happened when you left, and here’s…

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By Shawn Hazelett (46) for Under the Radar (636) on 08 Sep 2015

Filmmakers Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher Walker's neutral observation…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 07 Sep 2015

It's easy to make a documentary about hateful people. It's harder to focus on the impact of hateful people on those around them…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Sep 2015

Welcome to Leith wisely resists the kind of gimmickry that might have resulted in a stylistic hybrid of “The Blair Witch Project” or “Invasion…

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By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 07 Sep 2015

Evenhanded, thorough and surprisingly human, [Welcome to Leith] makes the face of next-door hate comprehensible rather than simply abstract evil…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 07 Sep 2015

What’s surprising is the way Welcome to Leith achieves a balance in the storytelling…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 05 Sep 2015

A textbook primer on how a united community ought to respond to the arrival of racist bullies before the creeps have a chance to ruin the…

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By Patrick Gamble (128) for CineVue (2,163) on 27 Aug 2015

By adopting an eerily voyeuristic approach and filming the barren North Dakota landscape with a cold, penetrating gaze Welcome to Leith creates…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Aug 2015

The conflict between different notions of freedom, law-enforcement problems, and an atmosphere of escalating violent threat make Michael Beach…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 26 Aug 2015

A stunning documentary that hones in on one individual's attempt to take over a town and populate it with racist extremists…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for Critical Women (23) on 04 Jul 2015

Prophetic as to what might lie ahead for this nation anywhere, as the economic crisis and resentments ensue…

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