In Jackson Heights has received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 95%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.[1] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]
In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Phillips wrote, "True to Wiseman's form, In Jackson Heights contains no on-screen identification of camera subjects, no voice-over narration and little in the way of overt polemics. By the end, you arrive at the essential paradox found in every Wiseman portrait: a clear sense of just how cloudy our world and our environments have become."[5] For The New York Times, Manohla Dargis wrote, "Wiseman’s latest documentary is a movingly principled, political look at a dynamic neighborhood in which older waves of pioneers make room for new, amid creeping gentrification."[4]
In Peter Bradshaw's review for The Guardian, he called it "an engaging portrait—film-making which works from the ground up."[6]
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