After Tiller (2013)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 3
It's an imperfect look at an uncomfortable subject, but After Tiller transcends its flaws by applying empathy, honesty, and graceful understatement to a discussion that all too often lacks them all.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 1
It's an imperfect look at an uncomfortable subject, but After Tiller transcends its flaws by applying empathy, honesty, and graceful understatement to a discussion that all too often lacks them all.
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In 2009, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas-one of the only doctors in the US who performed third-trimester abortions-was gunned down in his church. He was the eighth abortion clinic worker to be assassinated since the Supreme Court passed the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion, in 1973. There are now only four doctors in the country-all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller-who openly provide late abortions, a procedure considered highly controversial even among those who consider
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All Critics (27) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (3)
It's humanizing and heartbreaking.
Top CriticThe film is a welcome exploration of practical and philosophical matters seldom broached across the partisan divide.
After Tiller takes a compassionate look at a highly impassioned situation.
A surprisingly warm abortion documentary that restores the human element to an irreducibly human dilemma.
"After Tiller" takes the politically divisive, emotionally charged issue of late-term abortions and portrays it with grace, understatement and humanity.
"After Tiller" is groundbreaking in giving voice not only to the doctors, but to those who always seem to get overlooked in the high-volume political debate about this topic: the women themselves.
Wrenching yet illuminating. The film reveals the complex circumstances, emotions and practical aspects behind the (third-trimester abortion) procedure.
After Tiller gives a human and compassionate face to a complex and touchy issue.
It's an in-the-trenches exploration of bravery.
No matter which side of the abortion issue you're on, prepare to be emotionally devastated.
Addressing an issue many Americans are uncomfortable with, this informative documentary sheds light and humanity on reproductive rights in this country.
After Tiller's greatest failing is the way in which is fails to engage at length how entrenched the stalemate on abortion is.
"Its unflinching portrayal of what can only be called battle fatigue is indelible.
Empathetic, intimate look inside late-term abortion clinics that focuses on the experiences of doctors and their patients.
Like the men and women it follows, who do the work that few others dare, 'After Tiller' takes a stand.
After Tiller's...true value comes from going inside these clinics, listening to the stories...and asking viewers to wrestle with the moral and ethical complexities of an issue that absolutists on both sides oversimplify.
After Tiller is an hour and a half of folks on their best behavior, presented as a candid portrait.
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