Videoheaven

critic Reviews

, 81% Fresh Tomatometer Score
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    Ben KenigsbergNew York Times
    The material will be irresistible to any cinephile who has spent countless hours in these spaces, and a critic would do well to admit susceptibility.
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    Taylor WilliamsSlant Magazine
    More than a mere cipher for the world around it, the video store becomes something much more self-reflexive across Videoheaven’s three-hour running time.
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    Richard BrodyThe New Yorker
    With clips from more than a hundred movies, Perry channels an obsession into a fascinating encyclopedic form.
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    Alan FrenchSunshine State Cineplex
    While Perry finds important trends that existed in film over an era, it’s the ways that he explores film culture in an era before the internet that we’ll remember long after watching the movie.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Bill CooperSpectrum Culture
    With a lack of a central thesis and an extremely long runtime, watching Videoheaven may make one feel nostalgic for movie rental stores, but it ultimately feels like a waste of time.

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    Sean BoelmanFandomWire
    Videoheaven will appeal to cinephiles who grew up in a time when video stores were still the way of discovering great, obscure, off-the-beaten-path films.
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    Brian OrndorfBlu-ray.com
    Perry doesn’t bring the joy for “Videoheaven,” but he comes prepared with hundreds of clips to back up his ideas, creating a visual trek across the once mighty omnipresence of the industry, identifying its cultural power.
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    Mike McGranaghanAisle Seat
    Videoheaven is porn for people who have fond memories of video stores.
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    Dallas KingFlick Feast
    An exhaustive, but never exhausting, trip down memory lane... Be kind, and rewind with VIDEOHEAVEN as it delivers a passionate, nostalgic eulogy for a now sadly bygone era.
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    Payton McCarty-SimasFilm Inquiry
    Even the clear passion becomes a thorn in its side, turning what presents itself as a mellow elegy for cinephiles and physical media heads into something far less friendly.
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