“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” is, at its core, a love story skillfully told in an inspiring and utterly heartwarming manner.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 17, 2022

Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down is a profile in resilience and another solid documentary from Julie Cohen and Betsy West.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 9, 2022

Moving and inspirational, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down should be required viewing for anyone facing seemingly impossible challenges. This documentary has some politics, but it's more of a story about courage and becoming stronger after major setbacks.

| Sep 22, 2022

Infused with the energy that is Gabby herself, it is a riveting documentary

| Aug 23, 2022

If the documentary leaves you with one thing, it’s that Giffords is truly one of a kind. There won’t be another like her. Anyone should be inspired, moved, and empowered to join her fight to restrict the reach of guns after watching this movie.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 13, 2022

This film does an exceptional job not only illuminating Gabby Giffords’ “relentless positivity” and work post-injury but also showing that the controversial conversation of quote/unquote gun control ... is a bipartisan conversation on public safety....

| Original Score: 3.75/5 | Aug 12, 2022

Gabby Giffords certainly won't back down, as directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West show us in this uplifting, even joyful documentary. With interviewees including President Barack Obama, Julie Cohen and Betsy West take us on an inspiring, hopeful journey.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 12, 2022

No matter what political party you are affiliated with, you can’t help but admire the woman and her compelling life story.

| Original Score: A | Aug 12, 2022

The first hour especially doesn’t cut any corners showing just how life-altering Giffords’ injury was and just what a miracle it is that she’s even alive to tell the story.

| Aug 11, 2022

Julie Cohen and Betsy West have made a resonant documentary, one the reflects its subject’s optimism, which remains firm despite everything that’s happened to her. Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down is essential viewing.

| Aug 9, 2022

Current events make this documentary as relevant now as ever and the spirit of forgiveness and determination showed in this documentary will hopefully resonate with all who see it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2022

Cohen and West have never been ones to shy away from stories centered on strong women while illustrating how one voice, one person, one vote can make huge strides in or democracy if we are brave enough to follow through.

| Jul 29, 2022

Giffords will inspire you -- and if you know anyone with aphasia, give you some encouraging tips.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 22, 2022

This is simply one of the most remarkable times I've spent watching a movie this year.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 22, 2022

Respectful, very emotional, calibrated-for-inspiration and smartly structured documentary on Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2022

A story that will sadly always feel relevant in the cycle of gun culture and Republican roadblocks. This is one remarkable story of a survivor but a reminder that there were casualties that day and so many more since.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2022

It’s probably not surprising that it hits with a wallop, but it’s a more sincere movie than an expressly manipulative one by nature.

| Jul 21, 2022

An inspiring, intense doc [that] promotes empathy and perseverance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2022

The film’s editor deftly assembles Giffords’ complex history, juggling both her and her exceptional husband with aplomb. But “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” might have benefitted from a bit more rearranging.

| Jul 15, 2022

In Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, it’s not so much about learning deeper details about who the former Arizona congresswomen is, but just witnessing the unstoppable powerful strength of a person who wouldn’t let a world of gun violence defeat her.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2022