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| The A.V. ClubPhil PirrelloThe Inspection isn’t a perfect movie, but there are times when it feels like it’s tantalizingly close. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThere’s brutality but also an understated hint of poetry in the way Bratton tells his story from deep inside it, making beautiful use of Baltimore experimental pop group Animal Collective’s richly varied electronic score, which often plays in gentle counterpoint to the harshness of what’s unfolding. |
| TheWrapMartin TsaiThe director hits no false notes. He knows firsthand the feelings each scene should convey, but he also has the skills to render them accurately. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe metamorphosis that Bratton explores, and that Pope embodies — the way Ellis both changes and remains ever faithful to himself — is subtle, bittersweet and beautiful. |
| SlashfilmChris EvangelistaPope's performance is so raw, so honest, that we're with him every step of the way. |
| Screen DailyTim GriersonBratton’s depth of feeling elevates the material, suggesting that, for the filmmaker, there’s something intensely cathartic and therapeutic in this retelling. |
| Vanity FairRichard LawsonBratton, though, is not solely interested in a litany of struggle. He fills The Inspection with style, with spiky humor and alluring edge. It’s a promising feature debut. |
| Washington PostMark JenkinsTwo things distinguish writer-director Elegance Bratton’s lyrical debut feature from its predecessors: a clanking, droning, energizing score by experimental rock band Animal Collective and a central character — based on Bratton himself — who’s Black and gay. |
| The Film StageEthan VestbyPositioned as a work of autobiography from first-time director Elegance Bratton, The Inspection is a flawed, if highly compelling promise of a new talented dramatist in American cinema. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangIn its most moving and offhandedly momentous moments, The Inspection becomes a chronicle of not just persecution and survival but also solidarity, in which the all-American brotherhood in which Ellis finds himself actually can function as advertised. |
