Synopsis
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cast
- Sandra OhGrace Park
- Mary-Louise ParkerRoxy
- Elaine MayRuth Lipsman Berg
- Moses IngramAudre Robinson
- Noma DumezweniDionne Davis
- Raúl CastilloNurse Joey
- Rosemarie DeWittCindy Lamson
- Ron LivingstonJim Lamson
- Alison PillBridget Salt
- John Gallagher Jr.Dale Salt
Recommendations
- 88
RogerEbert.com
Hedges has a gift for bringing us into the lives of characters in even the briefest sketches with the strong support of an outstanding cast. - 80
Variety
It’s an often-touching time capsule of a harrowing moment in which rampant death and police brutality, white privilege and surging activism answered the call of so much grief. - 80
TheWrap
Even with its frequent clumsiness and failed ambitions, The Same Storm serves as an important time capsule of how we felt and behaved in the worst of times. As time elapses and memories get fuzzier, The Same Storm will prove to be not just a film but also an invaluable piece of history. - 75
Movie Nation
Of all the Zoomed pandemic movies, big budget and small, the brilliant storyboarding, concise scripting, motivated and moving performances (direction) and editing of The Same Storm make this the one they ought to teach in film schools. And of all the lockdown films, this is the one that brings back the fullest range of experiences, emotions, fears, fury and hope of 2020. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
In short, this film leaves us moved and provoked — and impressed with its technical accomplishments — even if it isn’t a perfect distillation of our ongoing national nightmare. - 67
IndieWire
The sum of Hedges’ film is greater than any of its parts, even if its parts are not always worthy of the people who have been hired to play them. Individual scenes feel flat, but even the least effective of them contribute to the larger web in some way, and the touching final call that brings this curio full circle effectively articulates how our isolation has only made us all more essential to each other. - 40
The New York Times
It’s a well-intentioned gesture of solidarity that tries so desperately to be relatable, it feels alienating.