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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenFilmed in less than three weeks, Man Push Cart is an exemplary work of independent filmmaking carried out on a shoestring. Mr. Razvi’s convincing performance is a muted portrait of desolation bordering on despair.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMan Push Cart, largely the work of newcomers and near-newcomers, is a remarkably disciplined, subtle film that avoids striking a "triumph of the human spirit" note or any other cliché.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis modern slice of neorealism has been made with a skill, and humanity, that suggests Bahrani may have a "Bicycle Thief" in him yet.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxRazvi, once a pushcart vendor himself, is particularly good; he brings a visceral poignancy to a character who comes to represent every desperate soul who ever tried to make it in the land of plenty.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA fascinating, sad, sometimes quite poetic window into a grueling way of life most of us know little about.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinQuietly heartbreaking.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA realistic drama about life's uncertainties.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonMan Push Cart is a diminutive film, finally--vying for a neorealist vibe, it lacks the Italian history makers' narrative urgency, and the sociopolitical conflict at the heart of the immigration "issue" is hardly engaged.