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100Black and white has never looked more stark.
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Jun 28, 201188The documentary enables its viewers to confront poverty on a human level by presenting its subjects, for the most part, like anyone else, living lives, despite their socioeconomic difference, relatable to our own.
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88Portrait of men and a few women who stubbornly try to maintain some dignity in the face of personal disaster.
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88Remarkable first film.
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80Designed neither to warm your heart nor shelter you in the comfort of liberal guilt, the movie does what so many style-conscious, "subjective" documentaries have long forgotten how to do. It shows you a world, and stays the hell out of it.
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80It's remarkable for where it takes us, how it takes us there.
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80Dark Days illustrates even the worst nightmare can have descending levels of horror.
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80Compellingly watchable.
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78Compelling, relentless cinema.
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75Fascinating, beautifully photographed portrait of a vanished community.
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75Isn't as strong a film as it could have been: Only teasing slices of these people's lives are offered.
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75Engrossing and eye-opening in several respects and even, when you least expect it, humorous.
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75Packs the power to make you see at least a few corners of the world in a new and bracing light.
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75It's hard to imagine an upbeat movie about homelessness, but Dark Days is just that.
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70Remarkable film.
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70Singer achieves remarkable intimacy with his subjects.
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70An eye-opening tale of how part of our population lives, and as an authentic image of material suffering it makes something like Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" seem even more dubious.
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63There is something inherently dishonest about Dark Days.
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60Arresting, visually accomplished documentary.
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60Intimate and engrossing.
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58More noteworthy for its intentions than its execution.
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50Given the enormous praise, the film falls short.
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