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Sheriff
  • Release Date: Mar 9, 2005
Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Cliff Doerksen
    80
    The detail captured by Kraus's scrupulously neutral camera adds up to a fascinating, fully realized portrait of the man and the job.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    70
    But without taking anything away from Frederick Wiseman, who remains a master, Sheriff is almost as good any documentary he's made.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    70
    Equal parts colorful character study and real-world procedural, docu by Daniel Kraus retains interest throughout, even if it delivers just partial insight into the man, job and milieu.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Russell Scott Smith
    63
    An admirably realistic portrait of police life.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    There's no downside to a reminder that not every beefy, God-talking sheriff is a bigoted cracker, and Kraus' short, no-frills documentary is a model of fly-on-the-wall filmmaking.
  6. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Merle Bertrand
    60
    A stripped-down, small town "COPS" without the flashy editing and hip-hop soundtrack.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Anita Gates
    60
    Sheriff may have a point to make about the impact of family, roots and religion on the changing face of rural America, but the film, while admirably restrained and competently made, is too polite to clarify that.
  8. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Some of the material is dramatic, other bits are dull.
  9. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: David Blaylock
    50
    There's so little meat to his likable subject that the endeavor proves less "Cops" and more "The Andy Griffith Show."
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