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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMy Perestroika gives you a privileged sense of learning the history of a place not from a book but from the people who lived it. Watching it is a little like attending a party in an unfamiliar city and discovering the place's secrets from the guests.
- 100Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThus comes My Perestroika's most sophisticated idea: Day-to-day family struggles have a way of trumping even the most profound political change. Don't miss this.
- 100Boston GlobeLoren KingBoston GlobeLoren KingOffers a surprising and revealing look at Russia's past and present.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt not only evocatively captures the Russian spirit and the yearnings of a generation, but it also masterfully chronicles the historic collapse of the Soviet Union and its complex aftermath.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMy Perestroika is fairly foursquare as documentary filmmaking goes; it isn't stylistically snazzy, nor doggedly vérité. Its closest kin in the genre is Michael Apted's "Up" films, which are similarly focused on how people change over time.
- 83Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerThe openness of these people is often astonishing – and a sign of hope.
- 80Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonThe subjects, plainspoken and insightful, attempt to extract the objective lessons of the political past from their subjective fortunes. This struggling to untie the personal-political knot makes for compelling oral history.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenA terrifically engaging picture of life beyond the headlines, My Perestroika lifts the veil of Cold War mystery.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyEssentially agenda-free, My Perestroika has the quality of a candid conversation with long-lost cousins from another country.