75
Metascore
13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIntelligent, revealing, and sometimes hilarious.
- 80VarietyDavid StrattonVarietyDavid StrattonMade with deft evenhandedness, Paul Devlin's accomplished film plays almost like a fictional drama, containing suspense, comedy and some colorful characters.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceLike the best documentaries, this one raises questions instead of providing pat answers. If only Devlin had taken his intrepid reporting a few steps further.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA skillful assemblage of newsreel clips, cartoons ridiculing the American interlopers, television commercials and interviews with power officials and ordinary Georgians. It gives new and darker meaning to that comfy adage "We're all connected."
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterFilmmaker Devlin details this complicated series of events with clarity, a sense of drama and more than a few touches of dark humor.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannDevlin tells his story without bias but with shards of gallows humor.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanTo Devlin's great credit, he keeps us rapt throughout.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIf the documentary has a star, it's pony-tailed AES exec Piers Lewis, who had the impossible job of getting Georgians to actually pay for their electricity.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasTo its enormous credit, doesn't cast the conflict as cut-and-dried exploitation. It presents something altogether more complex--too complex, unfortunately, for an 85-minute documentary to elucidate perfectly.