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- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAnd by exploring the lighter side of communal action - the camaraderie and cruising that turned weekly meetings into what one member calls "a combination of serious politics and joyful living" - he uncouples the gravity of the cause from the perceived humorlessness of advocacy. Foot soldiers for the dying, the members of Act Up never forgot how to live.
- 70Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonCrucially, the variety of interviewees in Hubbard's doc - men and women of different races and classes - underscores just how diverse ACT UP was in its heyday.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough the film sets out only to chronicle the group's life, not the history of the disease, some viewers will wish for a parting message making sense of where things stand today, with the disease mostly vanished from headlines but still destroying lives around the world.