In Jackson Heights is bursting with interesting characters, moving anecdotes, and—most inspirationally—scenes of impassioned activists fighting to preserve the culture and history of their neighborhood.

–A.A. Dowd, A.V. Club

A perfectly panoramic portrait of the new America. It’s a feel-good movie…about America being what it’s supposed to be. Wryly funny…most of the film is set within a heady ethnic mélange, where all the food looks delicious and the sense of energy and intelligence are acute. A very entertaining movie – should be earning Wiseman a Pulitzer Prize. But an Oscar would be OK.

–John Anderson, Indiewire

Immersive and profound. It’s brilliant. Walking out of (the film) perhaps into your own community, everything seems newly electric and life itself becomes both small and endless.

–Matt Prigge, Metro

One of the most important American films of the year.

–Daniel Kasman, Mubi Notebook

Wiseman is a shrewd, deadpan social commentator; and In Jackson Heights proves that, halfway through his ninth decade, he’s still at the top of his game.

–Lee Marshall, ScreenDaily

Somewhere between the extremes of despair and hope, the film suggests, lies our true humanity.

–Keith Uhlich, Slant magazine

The empathy and understanding exhibited in Wiseman’s film is a monumental achievement. (The film’s) surprising intimacy will enthrall viewers. This small film suggests the infinite.

–Jaime N. Christley, Slant magazine

In Jackson Heights achieves a remarkable feat and, in turn, shows us the Great American Melting Pot at its most beautiful and varied.

–Rory O'Connor, The Film Stage

A portrait of a community by an artist.

–Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter

Encapsulates brilliantly the microphysics of democracy.” IN JACKSON HEIGHTS is a marvel… (with) the brightest, most colorful palette of any film in Wiseman’s long career. The film’s structure is remarkably subtle and supple.

–George Robinson, The Jewish Week

Among Mr. Wiseman’s masterpieces. An immersive celebration of democracy. Under Mr. Wiseman’s watchful, empathetic eye, the ordinary rises to the level of poetry.

–A.O. Scott, The New York Times

A thrilling, transporting love letter from Frederick Wiseman to New York and its multi-everything glory… A movingly principled, political look at a dynamic neighborhood… An epic of a city, its people and the democratic process… By the time fireworks are soaring, your heart is, too.

–Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

About the very stuff of life. Wiseman (who recorded the sound himself) and cinematographer John Davey find a splendidly simple visual tope to lend the speech of individuals a public and collective identity. A loving depiction of people who pursue (the American Dream) despite mighty obstacles. The film meticulously, intellectually, allusively, yet ardently shows a crucial aspect of American experience, a working-out on film of the American democratic idea.

–Richard Brody, The New Yorker

Lovely, immersive, intelligent.

–Jessica Kiang, The Playlist

In line with its creator’s best work. Invaluable.

–Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice