Let Fury Have the Hour
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Jan 25, 2013
    80
    Kudos to writer-director Antonino D'Ambrosio for taking such an eclectic and disparate number of aims, thoughts, subjects and mediums and creating the smart and inspiring - and uniquely whole -documentary that is Let Fury Have the Hour.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Dec 12, 2012
    70
    A curiously warm-and-fuzzy hindsight interpretation of artistic aggression, delivered by the artists themselves.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Chris Packham
    Dec 11, 2012
    70
    The film joyfully surveys the evolution of a politically informed artistic movement, set to a soundtrack that includes MC5, Rage Against the Machine, DJ Spooky, and others.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Dec 12, 2012
    60
    Feel-good documentary gathers great interviews but isn't sure what they add up to.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    Dec 13, 2012
    50
    The film is one-sided and at times unfocused, but it makes a lot of sense politically.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Dec 13, 2012
    50
    Infinitely less than the sum of its parts, Antonino D'Ambrosio's Let Fury Have the Hour crams 50 thoughtful artists into a disappointingly muddled film.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Kenji Fujishima
    Dec 10, 2012
    50
    On a political level, the film is far from a Godardian dialectic, so the view of history that emerges is, to say the least, blinkered.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dec 13, 2012
    40
    The result is undoubtedly impassioned. But it's also so blinkered and self-congratulatory that it feels like an undergraduate thesis project. Even if you relate to the cause, you may find yourself frustrated by the effort.
  9. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Dec 11, 2012
    40
    More of a massive back-patting for bleeding hearts than a comprehensive-or even semi-comprehensive-survey of DIY protest art, the film unintentionally makes the perfect valentine for the OWS version of radicalism: It's righteous, full of rage and cripplingly unfocused.

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