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The Great Hack

2019

Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim

Documentary

6.2

1,793

Documentary Have you ever filled out an online survey? Do you wonder why you receive ads for products that you happened to research the day before? Data has surpassed oil as the world’s most valuable asset, and it is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. We’re in a battle for control over our most intimate personal details. The Great Hack uncovers the dark world of data exploitation through the compelling personal journeys of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A frequently gripping, occasionally redundant 139 minutes (...) An interesting two-pronged character study"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] will scare you from ever using Facebook again (...) 'The Great Hack' feels like a rough edit in search of an elusive final cut"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] chilling documentary (...) Anyone who says voting is a waste of time needs to watch this film (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'The Great Hack' lays out the nuts and bolts of the Cambridge Analytica scandal with graphic energy and skill, yet it wedges the issues into a fight-the-power paradigm that’s cloying and simplistic."	NEU
United States	Adi Robertson The Verge	"'The Great Hack' is sometimes fascinating (...) And it covers timely and important themes. But for a film about resisting propaganda, it’s surprisingly credulous."	NEU
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"The sort of doc that values providing a service over formally overwhelming you (...) It gets the job done (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Barsanti The Playlist	"An ambitious, but simplistic, story about data hacking & politics (...) Despite the dramatic deficiencies of its main characters, 'The Great Hack' does a couple of important things"	NEU

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