They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain
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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Andy Webster
    Sep 20, 2012
    70
    Robert H. Lieberman, a novelist, filmmaker and professor at Cornell University, took three years to shoot documentary footage surreptitiously during assignments for the United States Embassy and a nongovernment organization. The result is eye-opening and insightful.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Nordine
    Sep 18, 2012
    70
    And yet it still works, so buoyed is the film by its open and honest take on a subject that would have been all too easy to turn into another marketable tragedy.
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  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Sep 18, 2012
    60
    Only Lieberman's intrusive, slightly arrogant onscreen presence distracts from the profile, introducing an unwanted hint of American privilege to the film's perspective.
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