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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierZipper captures the erasing of one of New York’s most unique stamps by cartoon businesspeople with dollar signs for eyeballs.
- 80Time OutTime OutCombining footage of embattled town meetings and raucous boardwalk scenes with evenhanded interviews and visualized statistics, Zipper is a compelling argument for a populist Coney Island whose days are, alas, numbered.
- 80VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibThe director’s double vision establishes a level of equality on film that in some ways defies the disparity in power between the two opposing forces.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThe Zipper is a carnival ride, a tumbling cage whose screaming customers are spun around like a Ferris wheel.
- 70Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonLos Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonDocumentarian Amy Nicholson puts a human face on the deterioration of the iconic New York amusement park by focusing on the fate of her favorite ride.
- 60The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThough not terribly nuanced, a bit muddled and lacking certain perspectives, “Zipper” drives home the fragile identity of even the city’s signature locales and the alarming cultural myopia of much redevelopment.
- 60Village VoiceVillage Voice[Nicholson's] clear affection for the sights and personalities that make Coney Island what it is gets in the way of a hard-hitting investigation of why it hasn't maintained its luster.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAmy Nicholson's documentary feels warm and fuzzy about its subject, but at the same time depersonalized.