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Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders Review

  • Release Date: Jun 04, 2010
  • Rated:
  • Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min.
  • Genres: Documentary

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    76

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 70

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    The doctors' motivations remain somewhat enigmatic, even as the two veterans emerge as more fully drawn characters.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    The extent of the need around the world is so enormous and overwhelming that the efforts of the doctors in this sobering film seem both vitally necessary and woefully inadequate.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Dynamic, informal and observant yet, while never grueling, it offers a constant provocative contrast between backgrounds of spectacular and beautiful natural scenery and primitive living conditions.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Ronnie Scheib

    With rare candor and a refreshing lack of piety, first-timers and combat-weary veterans exhibit their camaraderie, euphoria and burnout as the camera documents their struggles with logistics, horror, death and self-doubt.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    Living in Emergency is anything but bleeding-heart propaganda.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden

    These are people at the frontline of idealism in action, working to alleviate suffering, one patient at a time, in some of the most devastated places on Earth.

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