Fire In The Blood Reviews
Little White Lies
An illuminating angle on a forgotten crisis.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Total Film
Gray's technique is effective, catching the moment one Indian scientist, Yusuf Hamied, stood up and got the moral ball rolling.
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| Original Score: 4/5
ViewLondon
An enlightening film with plenty to say, though the voiceover is frustratingly monotonous and the score is quite flat.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Irish Times
Only an unthinking monster could leave the cinema unmoved and unenlightened.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Express
It is the emphasis on cold, hard facts that makes Fire In The Blood so warmly compelling.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Eye for Film
Showing a remarkably firm hand for a first-time director, Gray skilfully guides us through a sea of statistics concerning those dying from the disease and archive footage and recollections of the time, while building a cast-iron case against Big Pharma.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Top CriticIf the film sags a little under the weight of information, it never loses sight of the individual suffering and courage which makes the story so significant.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Guardian [UK]
The pharmaceutical giants make a horribly racist defence for their African misdemeanours in a solid piece of reportage.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Scotsman
[An] insightful and quietly angry documentary about the way "Big Pharma" profiteering has been responsible for the preventable deaths of millions of impoverished people.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Observer [UK]
The film is a testament to human decency and a damning indictment of laissez-faire capitalism.
Empire Magazine
Angry, impassionate filmmaking that demands - and deserves - serious answers.
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| Original Score: 4/5
