This Divided State (2005)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 4
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 2
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The state of Utah has long been home to the American headquarters of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (better known as the Mormons), and as befits the straight-laced lifestyle dictated by the faith, Utah tends to be a solidly conservative community and traditionally supportive of Republican candidates. However, many gained a perspective on just how conservative Utah was in September 2004, when filmmaker and leftist activist Michael Moore was invited to speak on the campus of Utah Valley State
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Michael Moore
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Sean Hannity
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Kay Anderson
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Joe Vogel
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Jim Bassi
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Sean Vreeland
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Ken Brown
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (4) | DVD (2)
It's a discomfiting film, bringing up all the ugly emotion of last year's electoral shouting match, concentrated in one town in one state and in one short 88-minute film.
Top CriticAs boisterous as it is sobering.
It lacks the substance to sustain its feature-length running time.
No matter where you stand, This Divided State has a patriotic, galvanizing effect.
The 25-year-old filmmaker takes no sides himself. Wisely, he allows folks of all opinions to put their feet in their mouths all by themselves.
[It] plays like the ultimate anti-travelogue.
The approach to recording the story is everything its subjects aren't.
Vivid, dramatic stuff.
The intensity of the opposition and the deep fissures it revealed in the fabric of American civil discourse are still astonishing.
If there's a weakness here, it's that there's no challenge whatsoever in making a closed-minded right-wing nutcase look crazy
An interesting and anger inducing documentary.
The problem is that Greenstreet apparently had no idea what kind of movie he wanted to make.
Greenstreet's film works as yet another painful reminder of the death of political discourse.
Compelling, intriguing, utterly absorbing.
A hard-hitting documentary about the heated nature of the cultural wars in America and the hallowedness of free speech.
It's a brave and highly commendable effort that's chock-full of chilling moments.
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