Collective

If the film were merely a hymn to the everyday heroism of the press, it would risk becoming one-dimensional... So it's a good thing Nanau gives some space to a couple of memorable figures who represent different sides of the story.

Collective is eye-opening, elegiac, and essential. It suggests, or at least hopes, that the only thing more powerful than political corruption is the collective voice of those trying to stop it.

This distressing documentary has relevance way beyond Romania, making it a must-watch for awards season and beyond.

[A] staggering portrait of institutional corruption...

It plays like a political thriller. But it's also a deeply moving testament to both the power and the necessity of investigative journalism...

[It] digs deeper through the morass of power, corruption and lies. You keep waiting for someone to say, 'Forget it, Jake, it's Bucharest.'

Watching Collective is not unlike reading a Michael Crichton page-turner.

Collective is a worthy addition to the genre of investigative journalism...

It isn’t just a documentary. It is a crime investigated in real-time and the push for accountability and reform to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

Predictably, it’s extremely hard to watch. Unexpectedly, the rest of Collective turns out to be a grimly good time in two parts.