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03/27/09
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:17
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: This compelling unauthorized biography takes a muckraker's view of the controversial diplomat.
Theatrical Release:Sep 25, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER, a documentary based on the book by British journalist Christopher Hitchens, argues that Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and the recipient of the Nobel... [More]
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Reviews for The Trials of Henry Kissinger
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07/21/05
Top CriticIn a larger sense, this powerfully muckraking film is about the accountability of public figures and about how, in regard to international justice, there can be no exceptions.
08/07/04
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01/10/03
Top CriticThe film is insightful about Kissinger's background and history.
12/13/02
Top CriticFascinating to watch as a portrait of political celebrity and ego.
12/06/02
Top CriticA stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for Kissinger as a calculating war criminal.
12/06/02
Top CriticWhile the filmmaking is standard documentary fare and the approach overtly biased, the narration, with tales of intelligence intrigue and ruthless foreign policy, is compelling and convincing.
12/05/02
Top CriticScores by marshaling facts that speak for themselves. And they don't speak kindly.
11/29/02
Top CriticHaunting music, the seriousness of the allegations and riveting interviews with Alexander Haig, Christopher Hitchens and others give Kissinger extra drama and urgency.
11/01/02
Top CriticTakes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze.
10/31/02
Top CriticDeploying a seamless blend of talking-head interviews, trenchant archival photographs and newsreels, topped off by a sheaf of newly declassified U.S. government documents, Gibney and Jarecki are smart enough to let the evidence and experts do the talking.
10/24/02
Top CriticBoth damning and damned compelling.
10/15/02
Top CriticNot everyone will welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture, but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one.
10/11/02
Top CriticIt makes compelling, provocative and prescient viewing.
10/10/02
Top CriticWatching this film, one is left with the inescapable conclusion that Hitchens' obsession with Kissinger is, at bottom, a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power.
10/04/02
Top CriticEnjoyably fast-moving, hard-hitting documentary.
09/26/02
Top CriticMay not be a breakthrough in filmmaking, but it is unwavering and arresting.
09/26/02
Top CriticWe still live under the Kissinger doctrine that, as one British observer puts it, 'international law applies to everyone except Americans.'
09/24/02
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