Reviews for this film from our members:
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: A wonderfully vital, illuminating study of the New York of 20-plus years ago.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The film is well balanced visually, well paced and successful at voicing its outrage (the NYPD refused to comment). But “The Central Park Five” leaves questions unanswered…
- [New – 4/25] | Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: Using interviews with the five boys – now all in their thirties – as well as their family members, legal council, and even luminaries like former New York City mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins, co-directors Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns tell a story of five young men who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and who were railroaded because they were young black and Hispanic men who happened to be nearby when a white woman was attacked.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: At times, this is a devastating film, one that acknowledges the desire for but refuses to buy into an easy answer.
- Dustin Freeley @ Movies About Gladiators.com
- Kenji Fujishima @ In Review Online
- Jennie Kermode @ Eye For Film
- Donald Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Piers Marchant @ Sweet Smell of Success
- Excerpt: The Burns’ exploration of the exact moment the national news media shifted into totally irresponsible tabloid journalism.
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Justice, it seems is not what we do here in the trademarked “land of the free.”
