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Movie Info

In this documentary travelogue, young filmmakers Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn journey to a wide range of locations throughout the United States. While Gabel and Hahn talk to local people from various regions of the country, they also interview a number of American celebrities, including Robert Redford, Hunter S. Thompson, Chuck D and Willie Nelson. The result is a unique look at America through the eyes of two earnest and resourceful 20-something women.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn
Producer:

Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn
Writer:

Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 26, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA):

$3.0K
Runtime:

2h 4m

Cast & Crew

Shainee Gabel
Director

Kristin Hahn
Director

Shainee Gabel
Producer

Kristin Hahn
Producer

Shainee Gabel
Writer

Kristin Hahn
Writer

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Critic Reviews for Anthem

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (3)

Gabel and Hahn, whose thoughtful and frequently amusing commentary carries us through thousands of miles of interstate and more motels than Frank Zappa ever imagined, are guided by John Steinbeck's wisdom that you don't take a trip, but the trip takes you

October 17, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
This is a documentary that could easily have been overly self-indulgent or fashionably irreverent but instead appeals to one's intelligence and provides glimpses of a dynamic country cruising peacefully toward the millennium.

September 24, 2007

David Hunter
Hollywood Reporter
It's enjoyable precisely because Hahn and Gabel give us both sides of the experience: the interviewer and interviewee. Though there's an undercurrent of melancholy, Anthem is a bright ride, a welcome shot of 60's optimism in a gray post-modern age.

September 24, 2007 | Full Review…

Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
The delightful, sometimes humorous yet thoughtful result of [Gabel's and Hahn's] efforts is Anthem, in which they talk to nearly 30 people, some famous, some obscure, to find out what's on their minds.

September 24, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
a naive, surprisingly sloppy documentary.

September 22, 2007 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
The film has the invitingly earnest feel of a Charles Kuralt feature, bringing you into the living rooms, kitchens and cars of some very unlikely heroes.

September 22, 2007 | Full Review…

Cynthia Joyce
Salon.com
While Anthem may not offer any genuine insight into the future of America, Gabel and Hahn at least prove that the can-do spirit has not been completely lost to cynicism and the cult of celebrity.

October 17, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
This is a funny and immensely thought-provoking documentary that is a testament to just how far a pair of enthusiastic young filmmakers can go with pluck and gall.

October 17, 2007 | Rating: B

William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Over-long, full of itself, ultimately pointless.

September 22, 2007 | Rating: 2/5

Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
The great (and pleasant) surprise of Anthem is how satisfying a documentary it is and how the observations about America's direction in the new century are clairvoyant rather than stale.

September 22, 2007 | Full Review…

Violet Glaze
Orlando Weekly
Far too often these days, documentary filmmakers try to push their own political agendas on audiences by ridiculing those who have different views from their own. Happily, that's not the case with Anthem.

September 22, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Jeff Vice
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Many themes emerge -- equality, justice, freedom, environmental crisis -- but weaving them into cogent insights is beyond the adventurers.

September 22, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer