Pokazatelnyy protsess: Istoriya Pussy Riot 2013

Mike Hale, New York Times: The filmmakers... add a crucial humanizing element, by focusing on the women's conflicted but supportive parents Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: [a] very "60 Minutes" vibe Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: A rough DIY style doesn't obscure the significance of this very timely documentary. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: Even if you may not be putting a Pussy Riot song on your next playlist, there is something so of-the-moment and exciting about the group that "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer" feels important, if not fully complete. Read more

Linda Stasi, New York Post: This doc is an answer only to the band's prayers for never-ending publicity. Read more

Stephanie MacLellan, Toronto Star: If you're still getting up to speed on how these Russian balaclava-clad feminists became an international cause celebre, filmmakers Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin offer an entertaining primer ... Read more

John Anderson, Variety: They're not John, Paul and Ringo, but Nadia, Masha and Katia -- aka Pussy Riot -- are now among the most famous rockers in the world. In Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, they also appear to be the bravest. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: The 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. Read more

Hank Stuever, Washington Post: [It's] captivating and profoundly dismaying. If nothing else, you'll run crying with relief into the arms of the U.S. Constitution. Read more