Fresh
Numerous celluloid experiments have fudged reality and fiction lately, but few are as formally inventive or socially revelatory as The Arbor.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
The Arbor
A Documentary Re-Invented
2010 · 1h 31m · Unrated
Documentary, Drama
Directed by
Clio Barnard
Overview
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For the morbidly curious, it's mesmerizing. But it's also a singularly watchable story for the strange, and strangely fitting, way in which it's told.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
[An] exquisitely crafted docudrama.
Loren King, Boston Globe
Fresh
Barnard's boldest move is to unveil the irresponsible chaos of the playwright's private life, and to make us wonder if the art was worth the suffering, after all.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Brings the Dunbar story to life through a technique known as "verbatim theater," in which actors lip-synch testimony from the real people they're portraying.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
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