Cinema Verite' is alive and well as Roland Tec look at what the last seven years of the Bush administration hath wrought. Study, but do not repeat.
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03/29/09
We Pedal Uphill (2009)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:3
Rotten:6
Average Rating:4.3/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Thirteen vignettes tell the stories of ordinary people at the crossroads in this probing portrait of post-9/11 America. Hurricane Katrina, political dishonesty, and homosexuality are among the... [More]
Starring: Polly Adams, Jenny Bacon, Judith Barcroft, Stephen Barker Turner
Director: Roland Tec
Reviews for We Pedal Uphill
1 - 9 (sorted by date)
Occasionally compelling and provocative, but mostly underwhelming and lacking intrigue. At least it's a much more truthful depiction of America post-9/11 than the propaganda film Proud American, produced by American Airlines and Coca-Cola.
03/21/09
With a few notable exceptions, pic relies on O. Henry-esque twists, simplistic surprise endings and "aha!" epiphanies to gets its points across.
03/20/09
Top CriticDespite [director] Tec's worthy intentions, the movie is a mixed bag that seems outdated in its failure to take on the most distressing legacy of the Bush years: the global economic collapse.
03/20/09
Top CriticYou keep hoping the late Robert Altman would reappear and take over this haphazard, dying-to-be-meaningful omnibus account of America today.
03/20/09
The performances are across-the-board solid (most of the cast is theater-based).
03/20/09
Top CriticThis collage ... all too frequently succumbs to moralistic clichés, and never coheres into a rousing, affecting whole.
03/19/09
All of Roland Tec’s miniportraits highlight the snake oil hucksterism and manufactured fear that still beset America.
03/18/09
The lack of research is painfully apparent throughout, as Tec's failure to articulate issues from voting fraud to the Patriot Act ultimately reduces any potentially valid social criticism to mere conspiracy theory.
03/17/09
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