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Strange Culture
  • Release Date: Oct 5, 2007
Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    Electrifying and alarming film.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Mark Bell
    80
    An important heads-up to what is going on in our country right now in the name of national security, and a brilliant statement on artistic freedom and the dangers it faces. This film should be seen, should be discussed and is an important document on our times.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    80
    Slipping in and out of character, variously embodying, studying, and commenting on their counterparts, the actors manage both dramatic reenactment and its deconstruction with aplomb.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    80
    Somewhere between documentary and dramatization, fact and impression, Strange Culture molds one man's tragedy into an engrossing narrative experiment that defies categorization.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    80
    Younger filmmakers should be looking to Hershman Leeson for lessons on how to reinvent old forms while at the same time telling an urgently topical story.
  6. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    70
    Lynn Hershman hasn't reached much of an audience, which makes the modest national rollout of her fascinating Strange Culture a noteworthy event.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Carina Chocano
    70
    As sad as it is to realize that youth activism in this country is dead, it's sadder still to find yourself agreeing that they have a point. Just look at what happened to Kurtz.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    70
    With a score by the Residents, cartoon art by Warren Heise and Timothy Stock, and scenes of the actors commenting on and interacting with the real-life Kurtz, this 2006 advocacy video brings a jumpy energy to its Orwellian tale.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    50
    The famously lovely mug of Tilda Swinton (cast as Kurtz's wife) merely distracts, and I couldn't help feeling that this potent story would have been far better served by a straight-ahead documentary.
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