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Wikipedia article




'The Sentence' is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Rudy Valdez.

Synopsis



Filmmaker Rudy Valdez shows how his family is impacted when his sister is convicted and sentenced to 15 years in jail.

Release



Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of , based on reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Kenneth Turan writing for the 'Los Angeles Times' called the movie, "a personal and horrifying look at the effect of mandatory minimum prison sentences" Dennis Harvey from the 'Variety' magazine said that the documentary was "earnest but flawed", stating: "The subject is inherently engrossing, but a better documentary could (and probably will) be made about it." Dan Fienberg from 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote: "'The Sentence' is so committed to its concentration on emotion and heart that it's difficult not to get carried away, and it feels almost churlish to quibble with the intellectual responses it barely aspires to."

'The Sentence' received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking in 2019.

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