Metacritic Movie Ratings
Chicago 10 Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Chicago 10 is well worth seeing, if only because a good half of the film is devoted to extraordinary footage of the four days of rage that spawned the trial.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Morgen's decision to avoid talking heads recounting events and find a way to dramatize them instead is consistent with his intention for the film. The director wants to bring recent history to life for people who weren't around to witness it, and in that he succeeds pretty admirably.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  A vibrantly crafted evocation of a convulsive moment in 20th century American history, Chicago 10 is far less interested in offering a fresh, probing look at what took place on the streets during the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the circus trial that followed than it is in celebrating the stars of the anti-war movement and rallying the current generation to follow their examples.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Brett Morgen's semi-animated, semi-documentary attempt to make the '60s cool for a new generation of kids, does the opposite. It is a narrow, glib dollop of canned history, an affirmation of received thinking rather than a challenge to it.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  An ambitious and occasionally illuminating hybrid documentary. But a cacophony of sights and sounds and a disjointed narrative dilute the message.

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