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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyThe film itself is solidly and conventionally crafted. Newsreels and stock footage alternate with fresh interviews with friends and scholars, steadfast supporters and unabashed detractors. The political life it maps out fascinates.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNone of this is particularly cinematic (he relies much too heavily on title cards to fill in historical blanks), but it is engaging, mainly because the stakes were so high and the statesmanship so delicate.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRossier strikes a delicate but credible balance between the former leader's unambiguous statements that he didn't know anything about assassinations and critics' insistence that, even if he didn't specifically give orders, he was "politically and morally responsible."
- 50Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe material being offered has been edited, composed, and made sentimental with the rigor of a political ad campaign.