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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- What's unusual about DamNation isn't its politics but its production and distribution. It was financed by Patagonia and its chairman, Yvon Chouinard, and will be screened in Patagonia stores.
- 70Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamCo-director and narrator Ben Knight interviews activists, officials, social jammers, and scientists, approaching the subject not with outrage, but with humor and optimism.
- 60VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireThe film’s haphazard focus muddies the waters without doing anything to clarify the overall stakes. Fortunately, the continual visual splendors make a rather striking argument of their own.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleDamNation is certainly a picturesque splash of doc advocacy, as long as you don't dwell on the cracks.
- 40The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldIf the film is less persuasive for its lack of balance, it’s at least heartening to learn that undesirable dams can be destroyed and their rivers restored to their old ways and means.