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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThere's something healing about simply watching Free the Mind, Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo's gentle, compassionate documentary.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazinePhie Ambo deftly captures her subjects' sense of paranoia and helplessness without encroaching on their brave candor.
- 63Boston GlobeLoren KingBoston GlobeLoren KingThough perhaps more suited to PBS or classrooms than to movie screens, the documentary is engrossing and just may encourage more people to look less to pharmacology for answers and more within.
- 50The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldMs. Ambo communicates the notion of compassion and calm as something teachable, but perhaps feeling already convinced, she’s less ambitious as a filmmaker about taking her subject and her portraits to another level.
- 30Village VoiceInkoo KangVillage VoiceInkoo KangAmbo's argument is frayed by her arbitrary recommendations of meditation as a panacea for unrelated psychological difficulties. Even more baffling, the director neglects to define this culturally and geographically variable practice with any exactitude.