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Outrage (2009)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 13

Outrage walks a difficult moral and ethical line -- and not always successfully -- but despite its flaws, it's a fascinating, provocative look at homosexuality in American politics.

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Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 4

Outrage walks a difficult moral and ethical line -- and not always successfully -- but despite its flaws, it's a fascinating, provocative look at homosexuality in American politics.

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Kirby Dick, the Academy Award-nominated director of This Film Is Not Yet Rated, exposes the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the very community they secretly belong to. Some of the most influential policy-makers in the United States are gay, but you wouldn't know it to look at their voting records -- despite being members of the LGBT community, many closeted politicians actually vote against the proposals designed to give that community equal rights. In speaking

Jan 19, 2010

$0.2M

Magnolia Pictures

All Critics (65) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (14) | DVD (1)

Dick takes aim after those who are more than happy to legislate your sex life, just so long as it doesn't curtail their own.

June 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment
Orlando Sentinel
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Outrage succeeds as activism, but it excels as a window into certain political psyches.

June 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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[A] passionate, engaging, but sometimes irresponsible exposé.

May 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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The film's pretty good about saying why so much in the culture encourages a political life in the closet, either tacitly or directly. But even The Advocate had a problem with calling it a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy.

May 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
Chicago Tribune
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The media is accused of a vast conspiracy to keep these politicans closeted, and without a shred of evidence. So the drive to name names stops here, while ridiculing the wives caught up in these at times manufactured scandals, as gullible buffoons.

January 17, 2010 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

While the film is full of some very cogent arguments, there are major flaws in his case.

November 24, 2009 Full Review | Comment
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High-spirited documentary about the ultimate hypocrisy imaginable. Closeted politicians pushing for anti-gay legislation in the name of "family values".

November 13, 2009 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comment
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This is definitely a side of the news that gets very little play in the mainstream media. For that reason alone, this film is worth a look.

November 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
Laramie Movie Scope

It should be relevant to all viewers of political films, but especially meaningful to the gay community.

October 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

'Outrage' makes a convincing argument that legislating while living in the closet is detrimental to everyone.

June 26, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

The examples trotted out in Outrage are so old that if you're interested in this topic, you read about them on the Internet years ago.

June 19, 2009 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | Comment
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Director Kirby Dick's most ambitious and accomplished expose yet.

June 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Dearest | Comment
Movie Dearest

[A] comprehensive rundown of the duplicity of some of our leaders and much of our corporate mass media... howls with rage...

June 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
Flick Filosopher

This is a portrait of how modern politics is still getting it wrong when it comes to gay rights, made worse by the fact that many of the puppet masters behind anti-gay legislation are homosexual themselves.

June 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | Comment
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Rides a weird line between being revenge flick fun and totally inappropriate. Ultimately it's hard not to side with the filmmakers, who don't think you should get to privately embrace the culture and people who you publicly decry and campaign against.

January 25, 2011
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Provocative and compelling, this is an interesting documentary that boldly exposes the sheer hypocrisy of closeted gay American politicians who actively campaign against gay rights.

June 29, 2010
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