"On paper 'Warrendale' invites comparison with 'Titicut Follies,' Wiseman's account of life at a mental institution (completed the same year), but King's film is in no way an exposé. Nor is he especially interested in an institutional portrait. His focus instead is on the immediate experience, on life as it is lived by specific individuals at specific moments. In 'Warrendale,' as in all his best work, there is a powerful recognition that the fly-on-the-wall position can be both a privileged and an uncomfortable one."
In the Los Angeles Times, Dennis Lim revisits documentaries made by Canadian director Allan King.
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