81
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceJordan HoffmanVillage VoiceJordan HoffmanThis immersive, richly detailed snapshot of hoarders undergoing a mandated apartment cleaning is equal parts horror film and existential howl.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungNeatly divided into seven discrete chapters plus prologue and epilogue, it's a necessarily repetitive but engrossing and ultimately optimistic glimpse into a troubled situation entering belated turnaround.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie, directed by Antonio Tibaldi and Alex Lora, is quiet and quietly moving and quite different from “Hoarders” in its steady pace and poetic vérité style.
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAn enigmatic, if perhaps hopeful, epilogue caps this sad, strange, at times weirdly poignant portrait.
- 75RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleySome interesting things start to happen in Thy Father's Chair as the cleaners make headway, room by room.