Middle of Nowhere
  • Studio: AFFRM
  • Release Date: Oct 12, 2012
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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
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  1. netflic
    Nov 5, 2012
    9
    This movie is a complete opposite of an action movie. No car chases, no rapes, almost no guns.
    I am sure some people with find it slow and boring. I find it deep and profound.
    This movie is about basic things in human life: about relationship between husband and wife, daughter and mother, sister and sister, man and woman.
    About situations where there is no obvious right or wrong.
    A mov    ie superbly done.… Expand

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Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    Feb 7, 2013
    75
    Sometimes, the quiet lyricism of DuVernay’s direction seems at odds with the grittiness of the subject matter, like poetry force-fed into prose.
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  2. New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Reviewed by: Mike Scott
    Nov 2, 2012
    60
    In fact, "restraint" is the word that best characterizes DuVernay's film. This isn't a movie filled with overt action or outbursts of melodrama.
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  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    Oct 24, 2012
    78
    This beautifully acted and gradually revealed drama is a quiet discovery. Not one to blare its own horn, Middle of Nowhere is the kind of little indie film that gives little indie films a good name.
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