专注亚洲电影的easternkicks.com网站的一篇影评说：

The film is a slow and somber affair, shot in a detailed widescreen. It captures every wrinkle of the survivors faces, and takes in much detail about the rural and often poverty stricken locations in which they reside. There are no talking heads from experts, there is no overarching commentary from the film-makers (other than the occasional on-screen text explaining some context). Quite often the subjects themselves are unable to really talk, so we just get glimpses into their lives.

这是一部缓慢而肃穆的电影，用宽荧幕呈现出大量细节。画面上，这些幸存老人脸上的皱纹被清晰地捕捉下来，她们在农村的贫困居所也被细腻地展现出来。没有滔滔不绝的专家出镜，也没有支配一切的评论旁白，只有一些介绍背景的字幕。但大多数时候，这些主人公都不太能说，所以我们只能看一看她们现在的生活。

这位影评人从电影镜头中读到了尊重：

Chinese culture is very concerned with the respect and care for the elderly, and you get the sense this is a film of utmost respect for these women. So when a few break down and cry on screen, and simply refuse to talk about what they have gone through, it becomes even more heartbreaking.

中国文化尤其敬重和关爱老人，你能感受到这部电影是带着极大的尊重去拍摄这些女人的。所以当其中几位老人在镜头前崩溃哭泣、不愿再讲下去时，那种心痛的感觉尤其强烈。

影评特别提到影片中帮助她们的人们：

We also get to meet people who want to help them, ordinary folk like retired teachers, farmers, and a young Japanese girl who has travelled to help out. What is striking is that these people just want to help them as people, at no point as a real political axe bought out for grinding.

我们还见到了很多愿意帮助她们的人，有普通退休教师、农民，也有日本的年轻女孩，千里迢迢来到中国伸出援手。最震撼人心的是，这些人只是单纯地帮她们，而不是把她们当做政治工具来使用。

评论也认为这部电影虽然有瑕疵，但其意义非常重大。

Twenty Two is far more a document of these women and their current lives than a documentary.

《二十二》与其说是一部纪录片，不如说是对这些女人和她们目前生存状态的记录。

To be harsh, as a film and as a documentary feature, Twenty Two has to many issues. But as a record of a dark time in recent history and of life as an elderly person in modern day China, it is an important and worthy piece of work.