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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThis is an unrelentingly gripping and often disturbing film that dares to visualize (with taste and restraint) some of the vilest behavior the species is capable of, and take full measure of the psychic damage it inflicts on innocent victims.
- 100The Observer (UK)Simran HansThe Observer (UK)Simran HansWhat could have been a disaster in the hands of a less sensitive film-maker ends up an extraordinary feat of care, collaboration and creativity.
- 100Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleObservational documentaries are by nature intrusive, but Procession, miraculously, never feels that way — you sense humane engagement, not imposition.
- 100In letting them retell those stories their way, and asking us to watch, Procession dares its audience to not look away. It calls us, in other words, to join the healing community, not just with vague aspirations but with our actual eyes. To play our roles as audience members and then take what we learn and bring it to others.
- 91The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyGreene, whose earliest documentaries were rooted in the cinéma vérité tradition and its portraits of ordinary American lives, has crafted a poignant group portrait with something to say about the crossed wires of pain and memory.
- 90TheWrapTodd GilchristTheWrapTodd GilchristGreene’s film explores not just the ability of art to repair emotional and sometimes physical injuries but also the resiliency of the human spirit and the solidarity of a group of individuals collaborating to provide comfort for themselves and each other through shared, unimaginable pain.
- 90Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearIt’s a harrowing documentary, to be sure, but also healing in a way that doesn’t go for easy emotional button-pushing, or play down the white-knuckle struggle they endure while processing all of it.
- 87Paste MagazineDom SinacolaPaste MagazineDom SinacolaProcession feels like the surest execution of Greene’s voice.
- 80The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergTo judge Greene’s experiment, not least because of its visible salutary effects, feels like intruding on private breakthroughs. But the discomfiting power of Procession comes from its ability to show and, to all appearances, facilitate them.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenRobert Greene’s gaze is an attempt to accord his subjects the dignity of attention, utilizing cinema as a form of emotional due process.