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Manda Bala Review

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5.0

Dave White Profile

… a crazy connect-the-dots style … Read full review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    71

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
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    critic review scores.

  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune

    By the end, despite the film’s beautiful cinematography, persuasive subjects and ironically upbeat soundtrack, we just feel bludgeoned.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    What the film does best is document the lengths to which people are going to protect themselves -- subcutaneous microchips for identification, ever-heavier armor for fancy cars.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    With an excess of excitable style, samba music, and heady, montage-driven metaphor that threatens to bury his film's key ideas, young-gun director Kohn--a New Yorker with South American roots--has clearly set out to make a splash. So far, he's succeeded.

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  • 83

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    There's no denying its grip: It is lurid, fascinating, sickening, and eye-opening.

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