Critic Reviews

It packs a lot in its 81 minutes, and does it well.

A haunting and lovely documentary.

The atrocity of Newtown is twofold: the fact that it happened and the fact that the government did absolutely nothing to prevent it from happening again. Snyder and Kramer’s films aren’t politicized because they don’t have to be.

[A] slightly uneven yet deeply affecting documentary.

The talking-head commentary, however firsthand, personal and eloquent, can be repetitious, while the filmmaker leaves unnecessary basic information gaps in the story he’s telling. But Midsummer in Newtown is nonetheless an affecting chronicle.

Some tragedies defy conventional representation. Unlike the play it documents, this documentary shows few signs of thinking outside the box.