An unusual and richly rewarding viewing experience.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 29, 2023

... explores the collision of rural Southern Black culture with middle class African-American urban life, folk superstitions and remedies versus religion and modern medicine, and complicated family relationships in the modern world.

| Apr 8, 2023

A quietly unsettling film that finds dark portents and hints of the supernatural in the seemingly commonplace

| Jun 16, 2021

An impressive, high-profile indie feature from Burnett, To Sleep with Anger stands on par with his seminal Killer of Sheep and oft unexplored resentments sometimes barely contained.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2020

Danny Glover stars in Charles Burnett's mood-rich blend of family discord and resurgent mythology.

| Apr 14, 2020

an exemplary drama that reveals more and more narrative, emotional, and thematic layers each time you see it

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 8, 2019

A strange film which I think would reward rewatching.

| Mar 19, 2019

Burnett employs a lyrical shooting style that aptly fits the material.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 9, 2019

Burnett's direction is so subtle and graceful that To Sleep with Anger eschews any such labels as being a supernatural movie or a horror movie.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 1, 2019

The greatest film made by a black American...

| Aug 22, 2018

Subtle and quietly powerful - partly novelistic, partly poetic

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 9, 2016

One of the finest films to explore city versus country, old ways versus new, kin versus kin.

| Sep 7, 2016

Charles Burnett bridges theatrical dialogue, portentous omens, and presentational acting with masterful grace.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 6, 2016

Burnett and his cast tap depths of mystery, soulfulness, and glee.

| Apr 6, 2015

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 7, 2011

If Killer of Sheep is Burnett's masterpiece, this film, an odd combination of drama, comedy, and irony, well-acted by Danny Glover, is his most accessible picture.

| Original Score: B | Jan 8, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

An odd little movie -- and a bit too leisurely paced -- that was largely overlooked on its original release.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 8, 2006

Despite uncertain pacing, Burnett's evocation of a thriving cultural milieu that embraces both superstition and mysterious wisdom is almost flawless.

| Feb 9, 2006

It's a very entertaining, complex film, a comedy of unusual substance that also manages to keep the audience in suspense as to when the comedy might dissolve into some kind of vicious melodrama.

| Aug 30, 2004