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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:34
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Terror's Advocate is a fascinating portrayal of a controversial political figure; both morally unsettling and emotionally gripping.
Theatrical Release:Oct 12, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Communist, anti-colonialist, right-wing extremist? What convictions guide the moral mind of Jacques Vergès? Barbet Schroeder takes us down history’s darkest paths in his attempt to illuminate the... [More]
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Ainda que falhe em decifrar seu complexo protagonista, o documentário estabelece um intrigante retrato de um homem cujos princípios morais e ideológicos eventualmente se tornam tão flexíveis quanto o espectro alcançado por sua clientela.
At its best, the documentary shows us an unsavory character answering a bunch of softball questions and whose best logic is to play the Third World race card.
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As riveting as it is dizzying, Schroeder's documentary thriller takes a mesmerising ad hominem approach to twentieth century terror, offering up for our judgement an advocate whose views ought to be indefensible.
Though the film comes with a warning that it expresses only the point of view of its director, in reality, what Schroeder seems to offer is a portrait of a glib man who simply defies any conclusive description.
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If Terror's Advocate doesn't precisely interrogate the rise of terrorism, it does look at its romance and consider its effectiveness.
Schroeder's approach to this controversial figure is more plodding than it should be.
[I]ntriguing enough, if a bit dry. But then a flick that seemed newsy, almost wonky, turns riveting...
If you want to see a who's who in terror, just take a peek at this guy's client list.
The movie functions crackingly well as a non-fiction international thriller.
Top CriticBarbet Schroeder's astonishing documentary is a glimpse into another world, and not one you would necessarily want to visit for too long.
The lawyer's intense isolation, his solitary, perverse rage against the world, against France, against conventional opinion, is felt most deeply.
Top CriticSchroeder's film, which combines interviews with many of the key figures in Vergès' career with grainy historical footage, lets its subject speak for itself but leaves little doubt of where the filmmaker stands.
While the man [Vergès] has a snappy aphorism for every question, he remains as imponderable and enigmatic as the Sphinx.
For just a moment, ignore politics. Consider Jacques Vergès simply as star. The radical French lawyer is an absolutely compelling figure onscreen: exotic, resolute, beguilingly smug.
Top CriticJacques Vergès makes for compelling documentary film fodder: He is arrogant, cosmopolitan, politically unpredictable and enmeshed in the roots of modern international terrorism.
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