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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleInterviews with Pinochet's victims put a human face on the systematic torture that existed under his rule.
- 100The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenEloquent, meticulously structured documentary -- Sober political and legal analysis alternates with grim first-hand accounts of torture and murder in a film that has the structure of a choral symphony that swells to a bittersweet finale.
- 90VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungIt's hard to walk away unaffected from this heartfelt, well-researched, feature-length documentary.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerThe Pinochet Case is a searing album of remembrance from those who, having survived, suffered most.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonBecause stateside newspapers aren't enough, "The Battle of Chile" (possibly the most riveting and vital historical document ever put on celluloid) should be a prerequisite to Guzmán's new doc, The Pinochet Case.
- 80TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxChilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman's powerful and sometimes triumphant documentary is not only an excellent overview of the affair, but serves as the perfect finale to his monumental trilogy about the coup and its aftermath, which began with "The Battle of Chile" (1978).
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoA riveting documentary.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe film is at its most compelling when the witnesses are telling their stories, and at its least in covering Pinochet's circuitous legal route to Britain's House of Lords.