American Dharma

6.4

Ratings

Year: 2018
Country: United States
Director: Errol Morris
Cast: Documentary, (Self: Steve Bannon, Errol Morris)
Genre: Documentary | Politics. Biography

Synopsis

Academy Award winning Director Errol Morris faces off with controversial political strategist and former Donald Trump adviser, Steve Bannon.

	Author	Review
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The most disturbing movie of the year (...) 'American Dharma' doesn’t just recap a dark chapter in the nation’s history. It sounds the alarm for the rest of the world."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s hard to escape the feeling that Errol Morris got played (...) Errol Morris doesn’t question Bannon, let alone push him to the wall"	NEG
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A perfectly frightening exchange of views (...) It shows [Morris'] ability to engage the viewer in American politics through a strategy of detached passion"	POS
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"The result is a fascinating but also in some ways frustrating film"	NEU
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Morris doesn’t allow blatant lies to go unchallenged, but he also wisely avoids putting Bannon on the defensive (...) Errol Morris, unlike most documentarians, is as much stylist as journalist"	POS
United States	David Alm Forbes	"What Morris may have intended as a chilling glimpse into the calculating evil of a right-wing ideologue could easily be viewed, by Bannon’s fans, as a fawning tribute."	NEU
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"[It] only reaffirms what we know about Steve Bannon (...) [It feels] like listening to the arsonist calmly explain why he set the fire as we continue to watch it rage (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[It] is less an act of muckraking than it is a psychological thriller, with Bannon its implacable villain."	POS
United States	Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"A frustratingly hollow look at Bannon that is ultimately so benign in its portrayal of the man that it comes closer to an example of fan service than a full takedown (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG

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