There are no hugely dramatic moments in 76 Days. It is wholly unsentimental and, allowing for the fact the stream of events must be put into some kind of narrative form, unmanipulative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2021

Compelling and surprising, 76 Days is a seemingly apolitical yet oddly sanitised fly-on-the-wall documentary that puts you on the front lines of an eerily well-managed response to the coronavirus outbreak.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2021

The takeaway from this thing is...thank GOD for these people.

| Jan 29, 2021

This is primary evidence right from the source of history.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 28, 2021

Timing is everything in current affairs culture, and this intimate documentary account of the first 76 days of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan early last year is an illustrative case.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 26, 2021

Crucially, there's also an element of hope and even humour in this affecting tribute to healthcare workers everywhere.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 24, 2021

It is a terrible story, but, in its constant discovery of bravery and compassion, ultimately a hopeful one.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 22, 2021

The result is less of an exposé than a straightforward video-diary, in which doctors and nurses are shown battling against a virus they aren't even sure how to contain, let alone treat.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 20, 2021

The result is a time capsule in waiting, a real-time record of medicine adapting to the viciously unknown.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 20, 2021

A vital film of historical significance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 15, 2021

76 Days reinforces that their deaths are horrifying, sad, and lonely, with medical staff holding hands, calling them "mother" or "grandfather," trying to give solace along with the palliative care.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 12, 2020

"76 Days" is undeniably a well-made film, and it shows some interesting details.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 8, 2020

We are likely to be watching films on this subject for years to come, but for it's sheer in-the-moment rawness, "76 Days" is one that will stick in your consciousness for some time.

| Dec 5, 2020

That it's so artfully and elegantly observed, and packs such a candid wallop of feeling, atop its frontline urgency is testament to the grace and sensitivity of its directorial team, not just their timely savvy.

| Dec 4, 2020

76 Days has been made in such a skillful and gripping manner that even those suffering from COVID news fatigue will find themselves caught up in it.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 4, 2020

This is a film about courage, as well as empathy, professionalism and resilience - and it's a film that embodies those values itself. With luck, viewers will take its cautionary pleas to heart.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 3, 2020

Rarely has recent global history seemed so far away, yet so present. It's one of the year's essential documents.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 3, 2020

As the virus resurges across the world, "76 Days" suggests a way to face the future, with tears but perhaps also hope.

| Dec 3, 2020

Still, the overall impression 76 Days delivers is that of dedicated professionals coping with an unprecedented onslaught of emergencies to the best of their ability, grimly waiting for the curve to flatten.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 2, 2020

The documentary may be the defining portrait of the dawning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 30, 2020