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The Fight

2020

Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman ...

Documentary

5.8

29

Documentary Seven days after President Trump’s inauguration, the country’s airports and courthouses were clogged with protesters fighting to protect immigrants facing deportation due to the administration’s “Muslim ban” policy. It was to be the opening salvo of a relentless attack on civil liberties—and a tsunami of lawsuits waged against the Trump administration.

What must it be like to be an ACLU lawyer in this day and age?

	Author	Review
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"This straightforward doc humanizes the lawyers behind four key cases (...) America is so punch-drunk that “The Fight” often feels like it’s whacking old bruises"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Filled with raw emotion and real-world immediacy (...) The unfussy stuff, the human stuff, is what works best, both for “The Fight” and the very people it follows."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"If the filmmakers succeed in wringing drama from decisions that have already come down, their efforts at character development are hit-and-miss."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Hughes Empire	"A worthy attempt to document the ACLU’s seemingly endless struggle to challenge the many constitutional violations of the Trump administration (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Keough Boston Globe	"[It] capture all four lawyers in both vulnerable and heroic moments (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"[It] is exceedingly well-made, making arcane legal theory legible and comprehensible, maintaining a swift and engrossing pace (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roxana Hadadi AV Club	"[It] tells viewers of a certain political perspective what they want to hear (...) [It] never risks alienating its assumed audience—and declines from fully exploring the more complicated aspects of the ACLU’s legacy as a result."	NEU
United States	Beandrea July The Hollywood Reporter	"A celebration of the lawyers on the front lines in the Trump age (...) These are the images that encapsulate what fighting to uphold the Constitution really means, and are necessary to hold on to in these times."	POS
United States	John Serba Decider	"[It] might be ACLU propaganda if it didn’t make a compelling case for the urgency of its work"	POS
United States	Matt Fagerholm rogerebert.com	"It tackles Trump’s inhumane policies, while embodying the empathy that he blatantly lacks (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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