Critic Reviews

• Cath Clarke, Time Out

  What a man.

• Michael Bonner, Uncut Magazine [UK]

  Mixes recent interviews with McCullin with contemporaneous news footage and McCullin's own photographs, which have lost none of their power.

• Philip French, Observer [UK]

  Don't miss this fine film.

• Derek Malcolm, This is London

  He added lustre to a profession which, before him, was considered more of a craft than an art.

• Alex Zane, Sun Online

  As much a look back on the wars of the 1960s and 1970s as it is a biography.

• Trevor Johnston, Radio Times

  Here's a man who has witnessed what he terms "the price of humanity": his pictures and this compelling documentary are eloquent testimony to the darkness and light inherent in those words.

• Adam Woodward, Little White Lies

  This is searing, insightful, deeply upsetting stuff.

• Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

  Jacqui Morris and David Morris's documentary is a labour of love with both words operative. Lots of love lavished on McCullin's craft and courage.

• Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

  His recollections are as sobering as his images, and a great many of both will embed themselves in your head.

• Simon Crook, Empire Magazine

  A terrific and fitting tribute to one of modern history's greatest eyewitnesses.

• Allan Hunter, Daily Express

  He speaks very powerfully of the dilemmas he has faced and the decisions required to maintain some sense of integrity in his work.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  McCullin emerges as an unsentimental, plain-speaking, thoughtful man, disgusted at the inhumanity of war - and yet candid about how he is also personally and professionally drawn to its drama.

• Gail Tolley, The List

  This is pretty straight up documentary making but for fans of McCullin and those interested in photography in general, it's recommended viewing.

• Tom Dawson, Total Film

  A sobering primer in the hard-hitting photojournalism of the '60s and '70s.

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