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Act of God (2009)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:8

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Oct 23, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: This documentary from MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES director Jennifer Baichwal examines the effects of lightning strikes beyond just the physical. ACT OF GOD incorporates interviews with individuals who... This documentary from MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES director Jennifer Baichwal examines the effects of lightning strikes beyond just the physical. ACT OF GOD incorporates interviews with individuals who have been struck by lightning--including writer Paul Auster and musical improviser Fred Frith--and have had their perception changed by the event. [More]

Starring: Paul Auster, Fred Frith

Starring: Paul Auster, Fred Frith

Director: Jennifer Baichwal

Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Producer: Nick de Pencier, Daniel Iron, Jennifer Baichwal
Composer: Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini, Selina Martin
Studio: IFC Films

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An undeniably provocative head-trip, laced with the most spectacular lightning-storm footage I've ever seen.

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11/12/09
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Philosophically ripe but cinematically undercooked.

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11/06/09
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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A mildly engaging documentary that feels somewhat incomplete without enough insight, revelations and thorough analysis. Ultimately, it doesn't quite find the right balance between entertaining the audience and provoking them intellectually.

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11/05/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

Neither filtered through nor structured around another artist's work, and suffers from the lack of a unifying vision, its parts greater than the whole.

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11/05/09
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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Interlaces spectacular visuals with meaty chatter by various luminaries and laymen talking about life after being struck by lightning.

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11/05/09
Matthew Nestel
Matthew Nestel
Boxoffice Magazine

The approach matches up with the metaphysical aspects astonishingly well; the force of such ambient explorations hits you, surprisingly like a bolt out of the blue.

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11/04/09
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

Baichwal is the least judgmental of interviewers, which is a double-edged sword when the solemn testimony ("I had come to meet me") induces a barely resistible urge to laugh.

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11/03/09
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
Village Voice
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"It changed my way of looking at the world," says one of the survivors. That's not a bad description of the movie itself.

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10/29/09
John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

The film doesn’t need a narrator, since the people whose accounts we hear speak so absorbingly. All talking heads should talk so articulately.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/08/09
Mark Feeney
Mark Feeney
Boston Globe
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Thanks to filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, the after effects of these 1-in-700,000-odds' strikes are brought into horrifically mesmerizing view and accompanied by a music track ... that magically reinforces the storytelling.

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05/05/09
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
JWR

Act of God fearlessly approaches the natural and the supernatural, and the result is visceral, intellectual, heartbreaking, delightful and instructive, all at once.

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05/01/09
Liz Braun
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