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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat an anguished story it tells, of a marriage from hell.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumDid granny intend this stuff for strangers? We'll never know. File this ''therapeutic'' movie, well made and creepy, on the dysfunction-as-art shelf next to "Capturing the Friedmans."
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe secrets revealed here are not quite as shocking as the hints of child molestation captured in "Friedmans." Still, this is an equally intriguing and unsettling look at the turmoil hidden behind the white picket fences of suburbia.
- 80Film ThreatRick KisonakFilm ThreatRick KisonakWatching the American nightmare of Must Read After My Death play out, it's impossible not to be both horrified and powerfully moved. Impossible as well not to feel profound admiration for the artfulness with which Dews has pieced these archival cries for help into a singular creation anyone who appreciates first rate filmmaking absolutely must see.
- 80New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIntensely compelling documentary.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe relentless negativity in Must Read After My Death can become overwhelming at times, but it's undeniably mesmerizing.
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAs with "Capturing the Friedmans," the documentary is grueling to sit through. Yet the greasy, guilty thrill of being privy to your neighbors' most intimate dramas makes it impossible to stop watching.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternHorror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read After My Death, a frightening -- and eerily edifying -- documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home movies.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceDews helps Allis hold out a gendered posthumous snapshot of an era whose smug surface, barely masking oceans of suffering, makes "Revolutionary Road" look like a tea party.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisAn alternately fascinating and disquietingly intimate portrait of a 1960s American family falling apart.