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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

1999

Errol Morris

Documentary

7.1

263

Documentary A cinematic portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer and holocaust denier.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Think of 'Mr. Death' as the best comedy-horror documentary about the Holocaust ever made."	POS
United States	Paul Tatara CNN	"Morris examines the ugliness of this story with his usual distance, allowing hypnotic visuals and the viewer's (hopefully utilized) thought processes to paint the details of the horror"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Made with the filmmaker’s customary off-center style and probing intelligence, 'Mr. Death' is nonetheless a bit distended for its highly particular subject matter, becoming repetitive and draggy in its second half"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Chilling and compelling (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"What helps make 'Mr. Death' so interesting (...) is both the unexcited curiosity with which Morris probes his subject and the subtle sympathy he obviously feels for Leuchter (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Morris] combines dreamlike visual montages with music by Caleb Sampson to create a movie that is more reverie and meditation than reportage (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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