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The End of America (2008)

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The filmmakers who rattled viewers with The Devil Came on Horseback and The Trials of Daniel Hunt return to explore outspoken author Naomi Wolf's controversial claim that America has begun a frightening descent into dictatorship with this documentary that takes its title from the incendiary novel of the same name. Is American democracy, as we know it under attack? By examining the chilling parallels between the current state of our nation and the ascent of dictators and fascism in other

Unrated, 1 hr. 11 min.

Documentary, Special Interest

Directed By: Anne Sundberg , Ricki Stern

Written By: Naomi Wolf

In Theaters: Oct 1, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Jan 20, 2009

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Tightly constructed and fiercely one-sided.

December 3, 2008 Comment

Stephen Holden

New York Times

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Despite the totalitarian drumbeating and the Constitution love, the movie feels strangely ahistorical and lacks real systemic analysis.

December 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Nicolas Rapold

Village Voice

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Its very easy to cherry-pick examples and fit them into a previously existing model.

July 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

This gripping documentary details the ten step blueprint Hitler and other dictators used to subvert democratic process and personal freedoms. Then it compares historical events with what's happening in America today. Scary stuff.

May 27, 2009 Full Review Source: About.com

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Jennifer Merin

About.com

It's actually an intriguingly level-headed approach to a hugely emotive issue.

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Attempting to transform this kind of polemic into an engaging piece of cinema might seem the height of folly. However, filmmakers Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern are more than up to the task.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly

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Jason Ferguson

Orlando Weekly

More often than not, though, Wolf makes her points simply and believably

December 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Chris Barsanti

Filmcritic.com

A worthwhile film to the extent that it can serve a permanent watchdog function as a reminder of the possible erosion of Constitutional rights and of the citizenry's need to remain vigilant about the tendency of power to corrupt, and of absolute power to

December 4, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

Wolf's dire message has lost some of its urgency, but is still worth paying attention to, if only as a study of how aggressive regimes market their language in palatable ways.

December 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Drew Toal

Time Out New York

The End of America gives author and public intellectual Naomi Wolf an Inconvenient Truth-style platform to remind Americans about the Bush administration's assault on our civil liberties.

December 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Akiva Gottlieb

Slant Magazine

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the doc is presented in somewhat tacky fashion (think inconvenient truth with only those flashbacks about gore's life, that's the taste of it) and has bad audio. also, a lot of the points are biased, redundant, and something you hear all the time now about obama from the tea party. this film is not of liberal slant but

July 20, 2010

Jason Dennis

It certainly makes you think, and it?s hard to dispute the claims made by Naomi Wolf. What the Bush administration got away with is frightening, but it?s hardly over. The damage Bush has done will not be undone instantly now that he is gone. Wolf is an excellent speaker, her point is always very clear and well said.

July 12, 2010