With his carefully controlled pacing and superb use of sound, Sarkies draws the viewer deep into the experience of a town caught completely off-guard by a kind of violence they could never have expected, and won't soon forget.
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
A taut thriller based on the tragedy, which remains the most lethal mass killing in New Zealand history.
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
As sensitive to its subject as it is stark in its rendering.
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
VarietyDennis Harvey
Chilling, often moving docudrama focuses not so much on the mayhem or murderer, but on the bewildered, occasionally courageous reactions of ordinary citizens caught in the inexplicable violence.