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Well intentioned and passionate, this docu-drama about the 1999 WTO protests is heavier on politics than character development.
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Approaching its subject with a neat idealism and packaging its political fervor in the most facile of forms, the film boasts a cast loaded with Hollywoods both new and old and wraps its message up with eye-rolling naivete. Aug 8, 2009 | Full Review…
Approaching its subject with a neat idealism and packaging its political fervor in the most facile of forms, the film boasts a cast loaded with Hollywoods both new and old and wraps its message up with eye-rolling naivete.
Leo Goldsmith
It sheds much needed light on a mostly forgotten event in our country's history. Nov 6, 2008 | Full Review…
It sheds much needed light on a mostly forgotten event in our country's history.
Ben Lyons
What I think the movie failed to do was the thing it had to do most, which was explain what is the WTO and why in Stuart Townshend's opinion, is it bad. Nov 6, 2008
What I think the movie failed to do was the thing it had to do most, which was explain what is the WTO and why in Stuart Townshend's opinion, is it bad.
Ben Mankiewicz
If current events hold, Battle in Seattle could look like prophecy as well as history. Oct 17, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
If current events hold, Battle in Seattle could look like prophecy as well as history.
Peter Howell
There is a monster in Battle in Seattle, but it never speaks and remains mysterious. Oct 17, 2008 | Rating: 2/4
There is a monster in Battle in Seattle, but it never speaks and remains mysterious.
Liam Lacey
Actor-turned writer-director Stuart Townsend makes great use of the documentary footage of the '99 Seattle WTO riots. And he gets across his talking points about this shadowy outfit, too. It's a shame his script and all his actor friends get in the way. Oct 16, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Actor-turned writer-director Stuart Townsend makes great use of the documentary footage of the '99 Seattle WTO riots. And he gets across his talking points about this shadowy outfit, too. It's a shame his script and all his actor friends get in the way.
Roger Moore
The movie's dramatic devices are schematic, but in the end there's something strangely moving about Battle in Seattle. Dec 26, 2017 | Full Review…
The movie's dramatic devices are schematic, but in the end there's something strangely moving about Battle in Seattle.
Brian D. Johnson
... a conventional drama about the unconventional protest landmark: the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Washington, a real event explored through the familiar fictional stories of various protesters, delegates and bystanders. Nov 18, 2016 | Full Review…
... a conventional drama about the unconventional protest landmark: the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Washington, a real event explored through the familiar fictional stories of various protesters, delegates and bystanders.
Sean Axmaker
This thriller will inspire any leftie cells you might possess to stand up and cheer. Jul 29, 2011 | Full Review…
This thriller will inspire any leftie cells you might possess to stand up and cheer.
Brandon Judell
Battle in Seattle is a childish, ineffectively manipulative piece of self-serious agitprop about the four-day World Trade Organization meetings in 1999. Aug 30, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Battle in Seattle is a childish, ineffectively manipulative piece of self-serious agitprop about the four-day World Trade Organization meetings in 1999.
Sonny Bunch
Perhaps I should just scrawl it on a placard: Battle in Seattle is an indie that deserves to stand out. Feb 11, 2009 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Perhaps I should just scrawl it on a placard: Battle in Seattle is an indie that deserves to stand out.
Cole Abaius
Actor-turned-filmmaker Stuart Townsend would have been better off keeping things on a more modest scale. There are just too many characters here. Dec 4, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Actor-turned-filmmaker Stuart Townsend would have been better off keeping things on a more modest scale. There are just too many characters here.
Jeff Vice
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