Barkan is a charismatic character who’s easy to like, although one wonders how much the documentary crew resisted showing anything that might dent the halo the film sets round his head.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2022

An uplifting and enlightening documentary about the extraordinary life and work of a hero for our time and an exemplar of moral leadership.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 5, 2022

The film shines when we get to see Barkan as a fully formed figure. This is not solely a somber portrait of a dying man.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 1, 2021

A celebration of Barkan's indomitable spirit, and the power of determination and righteous activism. If you're looking for a hero, here's a good place to start.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 30, 2021

Not Going Quietly is an unusually cheering (as well as poignant) activist portrait, because its immensely likable subject refuses to be bowed despite much cause for despair...

| Aug 24, 2021

Bruckman wisely shows the lasting effects on the topics and issues brought to life on the documentary's subjects.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 17, 2021

This poignant, emotional, inspiring documentary shows how Ady Barkan, the health care activist stricken with ALS says, "The Weaker I get, the louder I become" fighting for Medicare for All as the disease ravages his own body.

| Aug 16, 2021

Director Nicholas Bruckman honors Barkan's work despite escalating struggles with ALS in a traditional yet surprisingly uplifting fashion.

| Aug 13, 2021

We are lucky to have this film to speak for [Barkan].

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2021

It is a warm and generous portrait, but the film lacks its central organizer's propulsive shrewdness.

| Aug 12, 2021

What's most impressive about "Not Going Quietly" is that these considerable victories appear to have been earned according to Bruckman and Roddy's footage and not just based on selective quotes they pull from CNN's coverage.

| Aug 11, 2021

Not Going Quietly is one of the best documentaries of the year, as well as the sort of film that will inspire you to take action.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 11, 2021

Not Going Quietly was well directed by Nicholas Bruckman who, for the most part, stays on point with Ady's fight for healthcare making this a must-see documentary about a truly inspirational figure.

| Aug 10, 2021

A young man with a terrible disease that has no cure becomes an American hero.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 9, 2021

Barkan's story, along with his continued battle for life, makes for an affecting piece of filmmaking championing a specific cause and a single person.

| Mar 29, 2021

Not every rally or speech leads to overnight change, but when Barkan speaks, people listen.

| Original Score: B | Mar 25, 2021

This is pure advocacy filmmaking that is designed to spur viewers into pursuing their own forms of activism and in that regard, it is a success.

| Mar 25, 2021

A pure shot of inspiration.

| Mar 23, 2021

While it profiles a man of extraordinary will, the film is moving because it shows him putting his own considerable achievements within reach for others so long as they're willing to engage.

| Mar 18, 2021

An unusually moving political doc.

| Mar 17, 2021