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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireRogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireThis expertly made, highly dramatic film achieves must-see status for the inevitable light it sheds on the persistence of toxic racial hatreds not just in Hungary but worldwide.
- 83The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkKeep Quiet is as fascinating as it is powerful.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe film raises more troubling questions than it answers, but it's fascinating throughout nonetheless.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyWith far-right nationalist ideologies suddenly a matter of pressing interest to almost everyone, the timing is regrettably ideal for Keep Quiet. This fascinating documentary by co-directors Joseph Martin and Sam Blair finds a stranger-than-fiction hook for probing that disturbing global trend.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe filmmakers astutely reveal how a culture can eat another alive and somehow live with itself.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyEven if you are unmoved by Mr. Szegedi’s personal story (I found him somewhat sympathetic), what Keep Quiet tells us about its larger themes is upsettingly pertinent.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBecause the footage of Szegedi was filmed over a number of years, the documentary reveals different stages of its subject's thinking.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichKeep Quiet is far more compelling as a portrait of a man in transition than it is as a man reborn, but Blair and Martin never solve the problem that they only have access to the latter.