73
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe doc's beautiful final sequence rips your heart out.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThis is no starry-eyed, heart-on-sleeve flashback but a low-key, respectful one, no less appealing for its relative reserve.
- 80Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganUncle Howard begins as a slightly tentative film about a nephew’s quest to discover more about his adored film-maker uncle, Howard Brookner. But it grows into a perceptive, poignant documentary which looks at many things.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie is a deft sort of dual narrative.
- 75The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorA deeply personal piece of work that offers both an introduction (or re-introduction?) to the director’s uncle — a once-burgeoning independent filmmaker who died of AIDS in 1989 at just 31 years of age — and a somber meditation on talent lost.
- 70Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonA bit disjointed but also vibrant and loving.
- 60The GuardianAndrew PulverThe GuardianAndrew PulverHere is a sensitive, intelligent portrait of film director Howard Brookner.
- 60Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounIt’s a sad project, a testament to lives cut short and stories half-told.