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The Swamp

2020

Daniel DiMauro, Morgan Pehme

Documentary, Self: Ken Buck, Matt Gaetz, Katie Hill ...

5.6

25

Documentary A behind-the-scenes documentary following members of the rebellious Freedom Caucus as they navigate friends and foes from both parties.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is watchable and full of interesting pieces of Congressional trivia, some that I actually hadn't known previously. It's still a railroaded documentary"	NEU
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"[An] intriguing documentary (...) [that] makes a good-natured and often compelling attempt to explain some of the endemic, deep-seated dysfunctions of Congress"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"For political junkies, 'The Swamp' has its merits simply as a peek behind the curtain at those pulling the levers of power (...) [It] offers less clarity or insight than advertised"	NEU
United States	Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"It will leave you feeling enraged, despondent, and hopefully, ready to vote in November."	POS
United States	David Alm Forbes	"Even after two full screenings and revisiting numerous scenes several times after that, this viewer found himself still confused about what the hell is going on in Washington"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] is full of insights and tasty details about how the culture of Washington operates"	POS
United States	Alex McLevy AV Club	"[It] both fascinates and frustrates (...) The film effectively traces the birth of the modern all-fundraising-all-the-time elected official, but what it doesn’t do is offer anything in the way of new ideas"	NEU

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