Name : Mordaunt Hall / Alias : New York Times
It is a joyful and at the same time a thoroughly artistic contribution to motion pictures.

Name : Alan Scherstuhl / Alias : Village Voice
Flaherty's company are performing their lives and their ancestors' lives and Flaherty's idea of both, for him, for his camera, for the world of '26, for us today, for all time.

Name : Dave Kehr / Alias : Chicago Reader
Flaherty's sticky romanticism can't obscure the power of his images, which speak with an eloquence the intertitles lack.

Name : Glenn Kenny / Alias : New York Times
The imagery, in scenes that always unfold slowly, is truly startling, particularly given that the film is almost 90 years old.

Name : Tom Keogh / Alias : Seattle Times
A fascinating portrait of South Seas life, albeit embellished.

Name : Mordaunt Hall / Alias : New York Times
It is a joyful and at the same time a thoroughly artistic contribution to motion pictures.

Name : Glenn Kenny / Alias : New York Times
The imagery, in scenes that always unfold slowly, is truly startling, particularly given that the film is almost 90 years old.

Name : Alan Scherstuhl / Alias : Village Voice
Flaherty's company are performing their lives and their ancestors' lives and Flaherty's idea of both, for him, for his camera, for the world of '26, for us today, for all time.

Name : Tom Keogh / Alias : Seattle Times
A fascinating portrait of South Seas life, albeit embellished.

Name : Dave Kehr / Alias : Chicago Reader
Flaherty's sticky romanticism can't obscure the power of his images, which speak with an eloquence the intertitles lack.

Name : Dave Kehr / Alias : Chicago Reader
Flaherty's sticky romanticism can't obscure the power of his images, which speak with an eloquence the intertitles lack.

Name : Glenn Kenny / Alias : New York Times
The imagery, in scenes that always unfold slowly, is truly startling, particularly given that the film is almost 90 years old.

Name : Alan Scherstuhl / Alias : Village Voice
Flaherty's company are performing their lives and their ancestors' lives and Flaherty's idea of both, for him, for his camera, for the world of '26, for us today, for all time.

Name : Tom Keogh / Alias : Seattle Times
A fascinating portrait of South Seas life, albeit embellished.

Name : Mordaunt Hall / Alias : New York Times
It is a joyful and at the same time a thoroughly artistic contribution to motion pictures.