Miles from Home 1988

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Two women reach out to each other from opposite sides of the socioeconomic divide in Jeffrey M. Togman's marvelously revealing documentary about the psychology of poverty. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Far from being stereotypes, these are real, complicated people. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: [Home] reveals the fragility of hope in survivalist mentalities pre-programmed to expect the worst. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: Uneven but generally effective drama has his teenage protag at a crossroads between street life and the straight-and-narrow. Read more

Joshua Land, Village Voice: Warmhearted but never sentimental or condescending, Home finally proves most affecting as an unsparing glimpse into the psychology of poverty. Read more