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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnWhereas "45365" took the form of a scattered collage, with disconnected events and a vast ensemble of characters stitched together to represent a year of activity, Tchoupitalas brings greater clarity to a similarly diffuse canvas by situating it around a trio of innocent observers.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottTchoupitoulas does explore the border between innocence and experience. It is alive with the risk and curiosity of youth, and unapologetic in insisting that the pursuit of fun can be a profound and transformative experience.
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceBill and Turner Ross - the directors, producers, camera operators, and troublemakers behind Tchoupitoulas - could do posterity a service if they simply resigned themselves to replicating this one-night-in–New Orleans documentary for each of the world's great cities.
- Tchoupitoulas is a jewel-bright whoosh of a ride through nighttime New Orleans.
- 80VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellFilmed over the course of nine months' worth of night shoots, the resulting coverage is hypnotically immersive.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe overall experience is entirely immersive, thanks not only to the filmmakers' handheld camera, but also to the illusory nature of the staging.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasA hypnotic 80-minute drift through nocturnal New Orleans that seeks more to pick up on bits of culture and atmosphere than to tell any stories. They blow up the conventions of documentary realism to capture the city's soul, a much more abstract, elusive undertaking.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA quietly marvelous travelogue condensing months' worth of observation into a single sleepless night, Bill and Turner Ross's Tchoupitoulas follows their widely praised "45365."
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfEven at this short running time, there's a looseness to the kaleidoscopic adventure that becomes slightly wearying.