Beyond Utopia
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85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistLena WilsonJan 27, 2023
This is a staggering achievement, the sort of nonfiction project that takes unfathomable guts and skill. Read full review
90
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJan 27, 2023
This is a film you haven’t seen before from a place you’ll never visit, a first-class example of bravery and reportage melding into an filmed testament. It’s not just that it’s nailbiting. The unease lingers long after viewing, though, for every person associated with it. Read full review
90
SlashfilmBen PearsonJan 27, 2023
A powerful and important look behind the curtain, Beyond Utopia is one hell of a cinematic nail-biter and a stark reminder of the human rights violations being committed every day in 2023. Read full review
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanJan 27, 2023
What we’ve forgotten about, for too long, is the North Korean people. For years, their misery has existed under a blackout. Beyond Utopia looks behind the wall and shines a light. Read full review
75
IndieWireChristian ZilkoJan 27, 2023
The film never fully commits to being a pure North Korean escape documentary, and its weakest moments come when it tries to be a general interest film about North Korea that happens to feature escape footage. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDan FienbergJan 27, 2023
An astonishing real-life geopolitical thriller with a very run-of-the-mill historical explainer grafted to it like a remora, Madeleine Gavin’s documentary Beyond Utopia is so packed with high-stakes tension and nail-biting set-pieces that it’s fairly easy, and probably even ideal, to ignore its clunky structuring and expositional choices. Read full review
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