"Superb!"
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone


"Two thumbs up! Stunning!"
- Siskel & Ebert


"Filmmaking at its finest"
- Betsy Sherman, Boston Globe

"Abosorbing...sardonic...elegaic."
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"Moving, revealing and funny. It will prove difficult to forget."
- Sunday Times (London) -- Critic's Choice

"Pushes the documentary envelope... exquisite... a pioneering work."
- LA Weekly

"Absolutely and completely what it ought to be. A family portrait,
a quiet ode to quiet courage, a crystallized moment in the history
of this country. Moving, heartening, funny, depressing, nourishing."
- Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic

"Among the most popular, best-loved movies wherever it
has been shown."
- Gerald Peary, Vancouver International Film Festival

"Lucid... feisty...Jordan and Ascher know that true stoic
understatement is heroic–it contains emotion rather than
covering for its absence."
- Michael Sragow, The New Yorker

"Fascinating...beautifully shaped...As personal as a diary, as
engrossing as a novel."
- Godfrey Cheshire, New York Press

"Intimate and universal. A timeless portrait of family struggle and
renewal. The cinematography is stunning and the narration almost
poetic. Unusual and Moving."
- Time Out (London) -- Critic's Choice

"Every complimentary epithet imaginable is applicable to Troublesome Creek... complex, poignant... This film does what most great works of art do — it reflects the human condition with humour, candour, compassion and grace. Don't miss it."
- Alison Stewart, Syndey Morning Herald (Australia)

"Eloquent... contains moments of almost overwhelming poignancy
and irony."
- John Anderson, Newsday

"Passionate... Impressive..."
- TV Times (London) -- Critic's Choice

"About the mutable nature of everything in American life"
- Tom Keogh, Seattle Eastside Week

"As beautiful as it is heartbreaking, suspenseful and finally affirming."
- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

"Filmmaking doesn't get much better than this"
- Derek Davis, Philadelphia Forum

"A jewel...Rare is the film the caliber of "Troublesome Creek."
- Full page editorial, Des Moines Register

"Rich and thoughtful... unfolds with the ease and emotional impact
of a work of fiction. "
- Dave Kehr, NY Daily News

"One of the great documentaries of the year"
- Wellington Film Festival