Baker and Tsou...offer a wonderful look at life among a class of people that are ever present but also oddly invisible in the fabric of the city’s life.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 22, 2025

... builds to one of those climactic grace notes that would define later Baker movies.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 19, 2025

A scrappy and lo-fi portrait of life in the margins.

| Oct 13, 2022

Take Out shows that the work of America’s premier purveyor of life on the fringes was both unflinching and empathetic from the start.

| Sep 13, 2022

"Take Out" turns out to be quite an infectious watch, tickling surprising laughs from its audience and teaching them to be a little nicer next time they make an order for delivery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 10, 2013

Most importantly it allows you to care about its very human characters and to feel their emotional pain as you watch their life unfold onscreen.

| Jan 10, 2013

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

strength of the films rests with the tremendous atmosphere that it creates

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 22, 2009

The filmmakers have tried to approach their subject from the Ken Loach school of filmmaking and their really hands-off style is refreshing -- nothing seems forced.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

[The] endless string of demeaning apartment-doorway interactions with a convincing cross-section of hungry customers is darkly funny, even if it never snowballs into the After Hours-type obstacle course one might hope.

| Sep 19, 2008

A remarkable film...Baker and Tsous simple narrative feels like a richly authentic documentary.

| Jul 10, 2008

One of the more exciting indie releases of the year.

| Jun 29, 2008

Watch Take Out, and you'll tip big the next time you order in.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 25, 2008

A deeply affecting portrayal of a struggling Chinese emigre in contempo Gotham.

Full Review | Jun 24, 2008

A gritty portrait of the struggles of a Chinese food deliveryman in Manhattan.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2008

Bravo to Take Out for giving a face and voice to some of the hardest-working amongst us and allowing us all to see and hear them through this remarkable, important and passionate film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 7, 2008

A rare kind of film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2008

The movie took a long time to get distribution, but there's no expiration date on filmmaking this strong.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 6, 2008

Relying on ambient sound, a handheld camera and lots of close-ups, Take Out is realistically raw and bleak.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 6, 2008

The season's freshest, most sympathetic movie about making your way in modern-day Manhattan with a little help from your friends.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2008