VARIETY – ’32 Sounds’ Wins Top Honors at Cinema Eye Documentary Awards By Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew, Jaden Thompson, Diego Ramos Bechara
ROLLING STONE — ‘32 Sounds’ Is the Greatest Documentary You’ve Ever Heard By David Fear
“one of the most blissful moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had… playful and profound… It’s the greatest documentary you’ve ever heard.”
VARIETY – ’32 Sounds’ Review: Sam Green Crafts a Documentary the Likes of Which You’ve Never Heard Before By Peter Debruge
“Bursting with humor, emotion and curiosity, ’32 Sounds’ is a uniquely mind-expanding plunge into a dimension of the human experience so many of us take for granted, a rare and rewarding sonic journey with the potential to enrich our lives.”
NEW YORK TIMES – ’32 Sounds,’ a Film Performed Live, Probes the Power of Listening By Lindsay Zoladz
A “relentlessly curious documentary” with “lingering gravitas.” “With the narrator and musicians seated in front of the movie screen, proudly displaying their processes, the effect is as though one has unscrewed the top of a traditional documentary to expose its busily whirring component parts.”
VOX – 15 documentaries you can’t miss – The most exciting nonfiction from this year’s Sundance By Alissa Wilkinson
”…a delightful, joyous film that changes the way you look at — or maybe listen to — the world.”
SLATE – Sam Adam’s Best of Sundance 2022 by Sam Adams
INDIEWIRE – Memo to Distributors: Buy These Sundance 2022 Films by Eric Kohn
”’32 Sounds’ would work wonders in a theatrical context, especially given that it includes a five-minute dance break. A savvy distributor would recognize this very special cinematic achievement as a celebration of the theatrical experience’s unique appeal, and it would be an excellent reason for people to return to it after a long break.”
SEVENTH ROW “The best films of Sundance 2022” (32 Sounds is Ranked #1) by Alex Heeney and Orla Smith
”This is creative nonfiction at its finest that will make you think differently about how you hear the world.”
FILM THREAT “Review: 32 Sounds” by Benjamin Franz
”…a glorious pastiche… a magnificent work.”
MOVEABLE FEST Review: Sam Green’s ’32 Sounds’ Enters the Heart Through the Ears” by Stephen Saito
”arousing all the senses”
SIERRA MAGAZINE “The Best (and the Weirdest) Nature Films From Sundance” by Heather Smith
”…more like a celebration of nature and being in the world than most self-proclaimed nature films.”