Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 6
Guerilla is a riveting documentary that chronicles in enlightening fashion the 1974 kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 2
Guerilla is a riveting documentary that chronicles in enlightening fashion the 1974 kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst.
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In 1974, young Patty Hearst became a media icon after she was kidnapped from her apartment by a group calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). At the time, Patty was an impressionable college student who happened to be the granddaughter of the infamous William Randolph Hearst. The SLA's demands on Hearst's family were unique; hoping to spark a class war in America, they instructed the Hearsts to make a multimillion dollar donation of food to the poor. But the story firmly imprinted
Nov 26, 2004 Wide
Sep 27, 2005
$22.4k
Magnolia Pictures
All Critics (57) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (6) | DVD (7)
A mostly compelling and exceedingly fair-minded look back at the case.
Fine as far as it goes -- a worthy lesson in counter-culture history and the rise of media hysteria.
To misquote Buffalo Springfield, something was happening here; what it was ain't exactly clear.
As an indicting work of journalism, it's very entertaining.
An engaging film, but it's a documentary and nothing more.
A case study in cultural analysis that aims at too much and achieves too little.
Urban terrorism inspired by Robin Hood.
Anyone understandably bothered by the lapsed historical significance of the documentary will appreciate how Stone picks up the flack on his commentary track.
A gripping, thought-provoking film that works as both a thriller and a social document.
British director Robert Stone takes a dispassionate look at this circus, and his retelling of events makes the situation more complicated than I remembered.
The footage is astonishing, revealing the events of 30 years ago and some scary truths about where the world is today.
Very well documented and very insightful documentary, skillfully pieced together. Excellent use of footage from the time, good narration. I was always interested in the content.
September 13, 2009
I looked all this stuff up on Wikipedia the other day; I don't remember why. My whole life, I'd known at least vaguely of who Patty Hearst was. I'd seen that picture, that famous picture, many, many times. I'd read the old Doonesbury strips on the subject. I'd laughed hugely at her portrayal of Wanda's Mom in
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