Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
Workingman's Death
Workingman's Death Image
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics What's this?

User Score
tbd

No user score yet- Awaiting 2 more ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Summary: Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the heroes in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out ghost among the sulfur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with lions at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with brothers as they cut a huge oil tanker into pieces in Pakistan, and joins Chinese steel workers in hoping for a glorious future. (Lotus/Quinte/Arte)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    83
    Workingman's Death's primary pleasures are aesthetic. Glawogger is an extraordinarily elegant filmmaker with a photographer's eye for striking compositions.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    80
    Astonishingly powerful documentary about really, really hard work.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    60
    Pic reps a sequel of sorts to his 12-part "Megacities" about poor folk in separate burgs, and comes soaked in good old-fashioned humanist respect for the dignity of labor, but eventually grows a little monotonous.

See all 10 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of
  2. Mixed: 0 out of
  3. Negative: 0 out of