A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso's Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso's Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.
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| IndieWireChristian BlauveltWatching At the Ready, a rich piece of journalism as well as an expertly assembled documentary, you think you’re watching what could have a riveting feature story in print. Instead, it’s a Pulitzer-worthy cover story in cinematic form. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloCrow’s camera captures the nuance of what these teens face and how law enforcement instructors and recruiters sell children on the idea of following in their footsteps. |
| TheWrapCarlos AguilarAt the Ready plays like a frightening but necessary exposé of state-sanctioned copaganda targeting young people from marginalized backgrounds to groom them into instruments of their very oppressor. |
| VarietyTomris LafflyAn unsettling, often tender and thoroughly well-timed film. |
| Film ThreatKyle BainCrow and her crew accurately capture everyone’s emotions throughout and refuse to pull any punches along the way. At the Ready is honest, even in the moments when it becomes frustrating. |
| CineVueMatthew AndersonThe film isn’t without hope, but it lifts the lid of an ugly truth and asks the tough questions needed. |
| Austin ChronicleAdrienne HunterMasie Crow's Sundance-selected documentary thrives on providing such depth and nuance to very real students with very real experiences. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDan FienbergThe documentary isn’t as thorough or enlightening on border issues as something like Netflix’s Immigration Nation, but the young heroes make At the Ready a good vehicle through which many viewers will be able to process their own preconceptions and opinions. |
| The Film StageOrla SmithWhat we get is a lot of good material presented in a rather straightforward manner. |
