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Alma
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47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    70
    Enthralling, darkly funny, horrifying and hopeful.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    70
    As fragmented and unresolved as the experiences of mother and daughter, Alma bears witness to a situation for which there are no easy answers.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    50
    The documentary equivalent of a Southern Gothic novel.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Jerry Johnson
    50
    It's an exploration by the audience, the filmmakers, and the subjects themselves of a kind you've never quite seen in a documentary before.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Ted Shen
    50
    In the manner of a southern gothic, they never fail to fascinate.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    20
    Begins to seem not so much an examination but an exploitation.
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