“Aficionados of long, contemplative single takes will appreciate The Fishing Place…”

“… interrogates the rush to healing and forgiveness that can sometimes follow tragedy in Christian communities.”

“Rightly remembered for a pivotal car chase…”

“A treasure of the 1970s…”

“It’s bizarre to cheer on the abuse of civil rights in a movie ostensibly about advancing civil rights.”

“There is the sense that magic is in the air, for both ill and good.”

“. . . announced a huge talent in service of a particular vision.”

“Sean Baker’s movies see people for their humanity first and their circumstances second…”

“… bestows a certain innocence on a seedy milieu.”

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