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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhile it's hardly a joy to watch, Fire in the Blood is artful in nearly every frame, perhaps so we don't avert our eyes.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirI hope viewers don’t come away from this essential documentary with the belief that Western AIDS activists in general turned their backs on poor black people just as soon as they got medicine that worked. That isn’t remotely fair. Blame for the African AIDS holocaust falls on the Big Pharma companies who put patents and profits ahead of human life, and on all of us who let them get away with it.
- 90VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeThough the film comprehensively details the political and economic subtleties of what it declares “the crime of the century,” its narrative remains primarily a human-focused one, highlighting the stories of selected steadfast victims, as well as the heroic movers and shakers in the struggle.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonAngry, impassionate filmmaking that demands - and deserves - serious answers.
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmGray’s technique is effective, catching the moment one Indian scientist, Yusuf Hamied, stood up and got the moral ball rolling.
- 70The New York TimesMiriam BaleThe New York TimesMiriam BaleThis virtuous stance is not unusual for issue-based documentaries, but a film with such illuminating content deserves a more artful vehicle for its moving message.
- As the indignation rises, the outcome of this battle cannot entirely be guessed, although one closing credit appears to address Big Pharma directly: "Help prevent a sequel."
- 60Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonAs a study in human greed this is shocking, but as this thorough, convincing, if slightly stodgy film makes clear, it’s also a moment to mobilise public opinion and shape change.
- 60Time OutTime OutThe film strikes the right balance of outrage, hopefulness and despair, compellingly arguing the case that a profit-driven, racially motivated collusion exists between Big Pharma and the U.S. government.
- 25Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneIt produces a collection of one-dimensional facts strung together with an utmost respect for chronology and documentary-making's most stale conventions.
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