A paean to the resiliency of the human spirit.
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03/01/07
The Take (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 25
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.9/10
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Neither slick nor sophisticated, but inspiring nonetheless.
06/24/06
Politically powerful, but filmically flawed.
04/01/06
Anyone sympathetic with the political viewpoint presented here will find much to admire in the energy and optimism of both the filmmakers and their subjects
08/30/05
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08/26/05
Rousing as it is, you can't help feeling at times that the filmmakers have reduced a complex situation to a black and white.
05/21/05
An extraordinarily stirring film that should resonate even with the fairly internationally isolated American audience.
04/17/05
The Take plays out like a Frank Capra movie with the 'little people' taking on corrupt and indifferent officials. In the process the film strikes a strong blow for the dignity of labor and introduces an array of brave individuals.
04/14/05
Top CriticThis film puts a pained human face on the cost of the corporate status quo.
04/14/05
Sua parcialidade óbvia compromete um pouco a credibilidade, mas, no geral, o filme traça um painel revoltante sobre os efeitos nocivos da política econômica imposta pelo FMI.
04/11/05
Makes one wish Argentina finds a way out of its habitual vulnerability to petty tyrants whose principal vision seems to be self empowerment through corrupt favoritism.
04/11/05
A deeply flawed work about a worthy subject.
03/17/05
A well-made, informative look at events during and after the 2001 collapse of the Argentine economy.
03/11/05
A success story? Yes, according to the Movement of Recovered Companies. No, according to the owners and the courts.
02/18/05
Top CriticA balance of fact and fury.
02/18/05
Top CriticAvi Lewis and Naomi Klein's film is antiglobalist advocacy journalism of the most muddled and romanticized stripe, almost dangerously naive in its simplistic presentation of complex political events.
02/04/05
Top CriticThe reason to watch the documentary The Take is buried in an ominous comment from an out-of-work laborer: 'We are where the rest of the world is going.'
01/20/05
When the money runs out, the story had better have ended...
12/13/04
Mr. Lewis and Ms. Klein found themselves a subject and a setting rife with drama, and they showed a reporter's dogged verve in entering the thick of the action.
12/09/04
Top CriticIt's not the most original documentary ever filmed, shot in routine style. But it's the content that counts. We see very real people in crisis.
12/03/04
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