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88 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    The first shot tells us 45365 is the zip code of the town." In this achingly beautiful film, that zip code belongs to Sidney, Ohio, a handsome town of about 20,000 residents.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    100
    Directors Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV, brothers and native sons of Sidney, find poetry in images of the mundane.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    90
    Remarkable patchwork of unremarkable lives.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    90
    A seductive, fascinating tapestry of small-town life.
  5. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    80
    Alternating between stunning fixed takes and quick you-are-there camera movements, Bill and Turner Ross's portrait of their tiny Ohio hmetown (the title is its zip code) weaves a hypnotic tapestry out of everyday banalities.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    80
    The result is a poetic documentary of quiet American surfaces and intimately eavesdropped people.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    A graceful, affectionate yet clear-eyed portrait of daily Middle America small-town life in which no individuals are interviewed but instead are observed with detachment as they go about their lives.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Mark Feeney
    75
    For such a small place (officially a city, Sidney sure feels like a town), it's strikingly diverse.
  9. New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Reviewed by: Mike Scott
    75
    Imagine Norman Rockwell had he been more of a realist than a nostalgist.
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  1. joomjim4
    10
    All I can say after watching this great great film is WOW !. The directors were such a genius that they were capable of using such normal everyday-life into something so special and that we could possibly see those connection that people share in a community. Sense of simpliness in this film is so uniquely beautiful that it's become one of my favorite documentary films of all time. A purely constructed film.… Full Review »
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