McKay's outstanding film gives undocumented Mexican immigrants a vibrant voice and stirring course to seek that bundled American goal.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2022

McKay's natural style recalls neorealist vision of DeSica and the scrappy, DIY aesthetic of Sean Baker.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 18, 2019

Fútbol is more than a game for the immigrants in Brooklyn's Sunset Park in the film from writer-director Jim McKay, one of the most underrated and influential East Coast filmmakers.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2018

Despite its naturalistic trappings, McKay's new film (his first in 13 years), with its simplicity, transpires like a fairytale, one that concerns an undocumented deliveryman.

| Oct 17, 2018

A winning slice-of-life drama.

| Sep 25, 2018

A poignant drama about Mexican immigrants in Brooklyn. Features non-actors in a superb yet quiet story about finding joy in a life filled with endless work.

| Aug 24, 2018

Jim McKay's Brooklyn set and shot real life drama shine a light on those on lowest rungs of the economic ladder and finds drama, comedy and empathy.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 27, 2018

This is a small movie, but a real one, a look at immigrant life that focuses as much on joy as it does on hardship like one of those human interest stories that go viral.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 26, 2018

The movie should be required viewing for every politician in America. It's a gentle but clear-eyed reminder of the way things are, for so very many of us.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 26, 2018

If the movie accomplishes anything it will at least make everyone who watches it a better tipper.

| Jul 26, 2018

We have seen many underdog-turned-champion-against-all-odds movies over the decades, so making it feel fresh and new is a tough task. Writer-director and his cast and crew make it just that.

| Original Score: B | Jul 23, 2018

Writer/director Jim McKay is clearly gifted at capturing authentic places and faces, and that's what gives On the Seventh Day its everyday enchantment.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 13, 2018

Beautifully told, without a hint of Hollywood gloss.

| Jul 12, 2018

The director calmly asserts the reality of life on the margins without descending into melodrama or tragedy.

| Jun 27, 2018

McKay's latest work of art is an ode to those who fight for that glimmer of hope this country claims.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 25, 2018

Rather, [On the Seventh Day] seeks to portray a certain way of life with compassion, vitality, and above all fidelity, aims that are deeply felt and executed throughout this remarkable, vigorous film.

| Original Score: B | Jun 25, 2018

Without rubbing it in, Cardona and McKay convince us the country needs more people like Jose, not fewer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 22, 2018

It is almost a gentle, sweet film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 21, 2018

It's a small-scale triumph of humanistic filmmaking... A genial, extended anecdote about good people trying to get by while holding on to some dignity.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 15, 2018

McKay captures a genuine sense of the bittersweet reality of the American dream and the people who give up their only weekly day of rest just to keep it alive.

| Jun 13, 2018