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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyA film whose sense of urgency and purpose is utterly engrossing.
- 80Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe Ghosts in Our Machine, a heartfelt meditation on animal rights, comes at you as a whisper. It depends on the persuasive powers of creatures great and small — in their natural habitat or in cages — to argue that we stop using them for food, clothing, research and entertainment.
- 70The New York TimesDavid DeWittThe New York TimesDavid DeWittThe Ghosts in Our Machine is a compelling movie, but its argument expands without deepening.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineJo-Anne McArthur's cause draws sharp comparisons with the never-mentioned PETA, a seemingly insignificant omission that discloses a lingering problem of willful insularity.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeLiz Marshall's Ghosts in Our Machine trades didacticism for first-person atmospherics.
- 50RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comMarshall's film does not only aim to document animal rights activism but also to propagate it, and in that it is less successful. This is a film overflowing with passion and compassion but often lacking the intellectual detachment necessary to distill conviction into a rigorous argument.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThis off-putting pic requires open minds and iron nerves.