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The Other Side (Louisiana)

2015

Roberto Minervini

Documentary, Self: Mark Kelley, Lisa Allen James, Lee Miller

6.6

217

Documentary In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being forgotten by society's institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love, ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world, floundering young women and future ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"To call it a cross between reality television and art film would perhaps be more accurate. Whatever genre it belongs to, 'The Other Side' is powerful and disturbing."	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Minervini deserves credit for going where few high-minded filmmakers have gone before (...) But there are moments when 'The Other Side' seems to traverse into arts-ploitation territory"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It miraculously manages] to find a serene beauty amid so much desperation and squalor, honoring its characters without letting them off easy."	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"The gun-toting and drug-fueled people that populate Roberto Minervini’s intimate documentary make for endlessly fascinating characters to watch (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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