
Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that has gripped the nation and the world beyond, three young artists or the society they live in?... (Full plot summary below)
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Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that has gripped the nation and the world beyond, three young artists or the society they live in?
Leave your thoughts about Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer.
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeGetting at the depth of these issues whilst keeping the film engaging is not an easy task, but it's impressively managed here. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawThis documentary by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin argues that Pussy Riot suffered an old-fashioned Soviet show trial, and what emerges is the effrontery and hypocrisy of Putin's attempt to associate these three young women with the Bolsheviks' suppression of religion. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearWhile sympathetic to their plight, the directors prove alert to the story’s wider impact, speaking to proud parents and outraged opponents alike. |
| EntertainmentTellStephen SilverAn intriguing look at a Russia in transition, and not quite for the better |
| GuardianCatherine ShoardBy the end, they are speaking with enormous precision and passion, an intellectual rigour miles superior to the work that landed them in trouble in the first place. |
| Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekThe women of Pussy Riot have an idea of what the new Russia should sound like; Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer shows just how hard it is to make that new world audible. |
| Toronto StarStephanie MacLellanIf you're still getting up to speed on how these Russian balaclava-clad feminists became an international cause célèbre, filmmakers Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin offer an entertaining primer ... |
| Ultra CultureCharlie LyneReveals little more than the order of events, which have already been succinctly detailed in forms that take considerably less than 86 minutes to process. |
| Arts FuseGerald PearyThe absorbing day-by-day of the Pussy Riot trial, and an intimate meeting with three Pussy Riot women unmasked. |
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthAlthough the documentary excels at giving us a better picture of the women who are inspiring folks around the world to voice support for them, Lerner and Pozdorovkin leave many other details unexplored. |