Critic Reviews

• Mark Feeney, Boston Globe

  The price of good intentions is that it looks and feels like an extended public-service announcement for goodness.

• Nicolas Rapold, New York Times

  No one would confuse the movie with a short-story collection. But it's more ambitious and effective at blunting cynicism than most consciousness-raising efforts.

• Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times

  Illuminating and ultimately hopeful, despite the horrible circumstances depicted, "Girl Rising" stands as a testament to the power of information.

• Andrew Schenker, Village Voice

  Director Richard Robbins delights in dotting his screen with bursts of color, from a shimmering orange dress to the deep purple of a pen cap, while the stories, shaped by anecdotal brevity, are often charmingly modest.

• Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

  While some of the films are more successful than others, they all show the power of engagement and education, of looking at the world and its problems, as one story put it, in a way "that makes the achievable seem doable."

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  The approach may have a distracting, overly fancy, diluting quality to it, but attention must nevertheless be paid to this film's basic theme.

• Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media

  Powerful docu explains why all girls need an education.

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