4.5
Dave White Profile <h3>Dave White</h3> <p><strong>Your Movies.com Man at the Multiplex</strong></p> <br /> <p>Dave White's first movie review was of the animated feature Snoopy Come Home. He was seven years old...<a href="http://www.movies.com/movie-reviews/dave-white">Read full profile</a></p>
… it'll blow your mind. Read full review
Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
out of 100
Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
The Peoples Temple congregation was sizably African-American. But when it comes to how those followers turned into a zombie Kool-Aid death cult, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple leaves you with more questions than you went in with.
Read Full Review
PBS-bound docu constitutes a revealing look at a poorly understood chapter in American history.
As this powerful, minutely documented film reveals, the tragedy wasn't caused by the failure of the Peoples Temple to realize its goals. In many ways, it was succeeding as a self-sufficient community.
Through interviews with Jonestown survivors and rare footage of Jones himself, this sober documentary presents an unforgettable historical portrait.
This calm and thorough film has just the right attitude and tone to deal with a most incendiary story.
See all Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple reviews at Metacritic.com