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(1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   A+ "It takes an eye-opening, unglamorous view of the black Los Angeles ghetto of the post-Watts riots."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Intellectually provocative, tonally contrasting and highlighting body language over sparse dialogue, 'Killer of Sheep' forces us to connect the dots."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 4/4 "The fly-on-the-wall narrative observes the life of a slaughterhouse worker who grapples with poverty, misbehaving children, and the allure of violence."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3.5/5 "Killer of Sheep takes on a life of its own through examining poverty, and the occasional moments of pure clarity and beauty within the misery with stark black and white photography, and realism that’s almost startling in its form on screen."   Film Threat   Felix Vasquez Jr. A "fills the screen with visual poetry that plays like intimate documentary"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit "The strength of this little movie is its artlessness, the non-plotted story acted by non-actors, the raw unpretentiousness of real life in the Watts ghetto of Los Angeles."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards A- "Burnett is particularly adept at capturing children's play, how imagination supercedes material possession."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford A "A tale so smoothly and effortlessly constructed that the boundaries between the staged and the authentic seemingly cease to exist."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 5/5 "The rare film which achieved classic status without a commercial release."   Film Threat   Phil Hall A- "...a lyrical, even poetic, work that earned itself a place as one of 25 films picked for entry into the Library of Congress in 1990. This is high praise but praise that is well-deserved."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 9/10 "A film with a depth of feeling seldom scene in commercial cinema, Charles Burnett's student project of life in LA's Watts neighborhood is a textbook of neo-realism and of the artistic use of the film media stripped to its basics."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson Read review   Not Coming to a Theater Near You   Leo Goldsmith  (1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1