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Four Hours at the Capitol

2021

Jamie Roberts

Documentary

6.9

582

Documentary A chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when thousands of citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C., many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidency.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Robinson AV Club	"After watching 'Four Hours At The Capitol', the January 6 attack feels more like a horror film, one that ends with the monster still at large."
		Christian Gallichio The Playlist	"A harrowing historical document about the January 6th insurrection (...) Somber, depressing, and ultimately a must-watch"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"There are too many inevitable gaps and exclusions to keep 'Four Hours at the Capitol' from feeling essential."
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] grimly recounts the events of Jan. 6 in a taut HBO documentary"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"In its structure and in the pain and emotion that Roberts elicits from interview subjects, 'Four Hours' is a real achievement (...) What’s frustrating here is that the documentary so clearly rides a line"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[Jamie Roberts] is a skilled documentarian who knows he’s handling a powder keg of material. He wisely refrains from employing a narrator or even letting us hear an off-camera interviewer (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"It is perhaps the greatest of 'Four Hours at the Capitol's many strengths that it gives space to those who were most eager for battle (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Siddhant Adlakha IndieWire	"The film’s focus remains largely on the crowd (...) the crowd as mere spectacle, divorced from all the things that paved its path to the Capitol."
		John Serba Decider	"[It] is a tense, difficult watch. But it’s a strong documentary that cuts to the alarming truth of what happened on Jan. 6."

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