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Citizen K sees documentarian Alex Gibney training his sights on post-Soviet Russia, with engrossing -- and unsettling -- results.
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Americans may go into "Citizen K" not knowing who this rather anonymous looking man is or how to pronounce or spell his name. But they will come out totally on Team Khodorkovsky. February 5, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Americans may go into "Citizen K" not knowing who this rather anonymous looking man is or how to pronounce or spell his name. But they will come out totally on Team Khodorkovsky.
Cary Darling
[I]t is Gibney's film... that best tells this complex, contradictory tale of a businessman who rose from middle-class anonymity... to become one of Russia's richest men during the early days of Russia's post-Soviet experiment with capitalism. January 22, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
[I]t is Gibney's film... that best tells this complex, contradictory tale of a businessman who rose from middle-class anonymity... to become one of Russia's richest men during the early days of Russia's post-Soviet experiment with capitalism.
Michael O'Sullivan
It's Gibney's willingness to hold his subject accountable that keeps Citizen K from drifting into dull hagiography. January 22, 2020 | Full Review…
It's Gibney's willingness to hold his subject accountable that keeps Citizen K from drifting into dull hagiography.
David Klion
Essential viewing for anyone needing a history lesson about Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, and who wants a frontline report on the current geopolitical landscape in Europe, including Ukraine. January 22, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Essential viewing for anyone needing a history lesson about Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, and who wants a frontline report on the current geopolitical landscape in Europe, including Ukraine.
G. Allen Johnson
This is where [Alex] Gibney, gilding a history lesson and social-issue deep dive with investigative chops and weaving it all into a compelling story. January 16, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
This is where [Alex] Gibney, gilding a history lesson and social-issue deep dive with investigative chops and weaving it all into a compelling story.
David Fear
Citizen K is skillfully made, with a compelling story. January 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Citizen K is skillfully made, with a compelling story.
Nell Minow
Citizen K is riveting, informative, and a bit terrifying. It's a significant documentary. March 3, 2020 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Citizen K is riveting, informative, and a bit terrifying. It's a significant documentary.
David Stratton
Even if Gibney's film essentially offers the view of Khodorkovsky that he himself promotes, it also provides an engrossing overview of the post-Soviet Russian history in which Vladimir Putin plays such an oversized role. February 18, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Even if Gibney's film essentially offers the view of Khodorkovsky that he himself promotes, it also provides an engrossing overview of the post-Soviet Russian history in which Vladimir Putin plays such an oversized role.
Frank Swietek
Gibney, with his usual efficiency and intelligence, lays out the timeline of Khodorkovsky's rise and fall with a ton of research, arresting visuals, and rock-solid interviews. February 14, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Gibney, with his usual efficiency and intelligence, lays out the timeline of Khodorkovsky's rise and fall with a ton of research, arresting visuals, and rock-solid interviews.
Sean P. Means
Convoluted and full of intrigue, director Alex Gibney's documentary Citizen K opens a window into post-Soviet Russia. February 14, 2020 | Full Review…
Convoluted and full of intrigue, director Alex Gibney's documentary Citizen K opens a window into post-Soviet Russia.
Robert Denerstein
[An] upstanding documentary. February 10, 2020 | Full Review…
[An] upstanding documentary.
Martha K. Baker
Muckraking documentarian Alex Gibney on why Vladimir Putin is so dangerous, via the tale of a Russian oligarch of the post-Soviet era turned dissident. Vital context for the state of the world today. February 6, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Muckraking documentarian Alex Gibney on why Vladimir Putin is so dangerous, via the tale of a Russian oligarch of the post-Soviet era turned dissident. Vital context for the state of the world today.
MaryAnn Johanson
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