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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeUltimately, none of the storylines offers a surprise or tells us anything we don't already know, this many years into America's opioid ordeal. And arriving at a moment when Crisis could refer to so many other calamities, its failure to illuminate anything makes it feel like a distraction.
- 50IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThese stories are all tragic and sad and complex, and more than worthy of innumerable explorations. Many of them are even present in this film, even if nothing about them satisfies. Consider this one a crisis of its own: a well-meaning look at a world that never goes deeper than the surface.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussIt’s a more modest Traffic in several ways, adequate at what it tries to say about this dirty business but light on the wider scope of the suffering that it causes. Because there actually is a crisis, maybe it should be addressed with more of an emphasis on authentic details than on genre conventions.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe film is well-paced but often strains credulity.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe three stories could each have been their own movie, and probably a more compelling one than this mash-up turns out to be. Everybody gets in everybody else’s way for the first two and a half acts.
- 50The Film StageDan MeccaThe Film StageDan MeccaThere is an honest bleakness to Jarecki’s tale that certainly matches the tragedy of the real-life opioid crisis, though all of it feels surface level. Without a central rooting interest that’s engaging, all of the drama suffers. There’s plenty to admire in Crisis, just not enough to recommend.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaWhatever its goals, the filmmaking is uninspired. It’s heavily reliant on clichés, especially in its use of score, the lone-wolf cop and familiar devices to build tension.
- 40CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowryThe tragedy associated with such stories could provide fertile territory, theoretically, for a good drama about what went wrong and who's ultimately responsible. That movie might get made someday, but Crisis isn't it.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenTime and again, the film shortchanges the human elements of its stories for drug stats that can be Googled in a matter of seconds.
- 37Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThis cinematic triple-decker sandwich is so overstuffed with baloney and cheese it ought to come with a pickle on the side.