Critic Reviews

• Kyle Smith, New York Post

  This is grim, bleak material that at times is monotonous, but its woe feels authentic.

• Manohla Dargis, New York Times

  Not much happens in story terms, but the film swirls with emotions that make it by turns grim and amusing, heavy and light, obvious and vague.

• Mark Jenkins, NPR

  Mahoney barely explains her characters' circumstances, which makes the movie obliquely intriguing. But whenever the story comes into focus, it's revealed as fairly conventional.

• Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

  "Yelling" is a prosaic look at a hard life. Like Sweetness, the movie finds its way by instinct.

• Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

  Little more than a résumé film for all involved, it certainly feels more Park City than Bushwick.

• John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

  Yelling to the Sky drips with a strange but sometimes moving nostalgia for environs its characters clearly want to escape.

• Michael Nordine, Slant Magazine

  The film avoids most of its genre's pratfalls, though it also shows little interest in transcending them.

• Clay Cane, BET.com

  Even though 'Yelling to the Sky' tumbles, Victoria Mahoney shows great promise as a director.

• Lee Marshall, Screen International

  Though the film and its director undoubtedly have a great deal of heart and passion, too many scenes feel like actors' workshop exercises.

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