South of the Border Reviews

Having been conquered, liberated, invaded, beaten, killed and 'Christianized' for centuries, it is cheering to see the collective progress made by most South American countries in mapping their futures by governing themselves.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

There is much still to uncover South of the Border and Stone has only sold us one side of it...with so much left to uncover South of the Border is missing it's edge.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

SOUTH OF THE BORDER points to the need of a good contemporary study of South American political movement rather than actually filling that vacancy.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Worth watching, while keeping its bias in mind, as an introduction to the political events in South America during the last decade.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

The DVD is chock-a-block with 90-minutes of extras [that] make a value-added package worth renting.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

While it may sound dry on the surface, Stone packs his movie with enough provocative insights to keep the audience invested.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

The film is one-sided, but it's a side rarely seen by U.S. audiences, most of whom get their news from sources including FOX, CNN and even The New York Times. (Stone skewers the lot.)

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

A missed opportunity to tell us more than Fox News is bias.

Full Review | Original Score: B

What's frustrating about the film is that even though it's clear Stone is making a number of valid and important points about both media manipulation and America's untoward political influence, he's also so obviously biased in his reporting.

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Stone has a crucial, overlooked viewpoint to impart, but as a documentary filmmaker, his content and technique are not terribly engaging.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Oliver Stone proves himself to be the anti-Michael Moore; he speaks softly, understanding that it must be the voices of Chavez, Morales, Castro, et al, that resonate most profoundly.

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Like the best of Stone's narrative fiction, South Of The Border is packed with big characters and epic storytelling. That this is non-fiction makes it all the more gripping.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

[Lacks] the balance you'd expect in a documentary.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Risks alienating even those who instinctively side with [Stone's] political agenda.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

At least Stone is getting a provocative alternative viewpoint across -- and in an engaging and entertaining way, too.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Stone is justifiably angry at America's clandestine interference in the domestic politics of its neighbours and at the media's collusion in demonising figures like Chavez.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

It has plenty of value as a straightforward primer on a side of South American politics rarely given much coverage.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Disjointed, shallow, slim and skittish.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

One can't help but feeling that this particular cinéma-vérité leans a lot more towards 'cinema' than 'vérité.'

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/10

What would make South of the Border a better movie is an Oliverstonectomy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4