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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's a tantalizing case study that suggests ordinary people still have the power to steer a course between faceless bureaucracies and greedy capitalists, but only just - and only if they can find a way to overcome their differences and work together.
- 80Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn AndersonMs. Israel's movie proves, once again, that the best nonfiction cinema possesses the same attributes as good fiction: Strong characters, conflict, story arc, visual style.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWindfall left me disheartened. I thought wind energy was something I could believe in.
- 70NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsA veteran film editor making her first feature, Israel emphasizes the area's low-key beauty.
- 63Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierWhatever the legitimate arguments Windfall makes against the industry it targets, Meredith's feuding becomes just as inaccessible as the windmills that incite it.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWindfall is undeniably persuasive - and is likely advocating on the right side of the wind-farm issue - but the movie's case relies more on emotional appeals and frightening images of giant machines than on real, objective number-crunching.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe argument is so tilted against windmills (sorry) that this comes perilously close to an advocacy video. But Israel deserves credit for delivering the bad news that wind power, like natural gas and nuclear, comes with its own array of social and environmental headaches.
- 50VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonVariably articulate subjects drone on and on in an 83-minute film that could easily make its TV news-style point in a half-hour or less.
- 40Time OutTime OutGiven the film's inability to posit any significant objections - or, for that matter, alternatives - to the turbines, it all feels like so much petty sniping against progress.