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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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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. Jan 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. Jan 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Citizen K is skillfully made, with a compelling story.
Nell Minow
Although the film has long, engaging stretches, there is something slightly unsatisfying about the whole. Jan 14, 2020 | Full Review…
Although the film has long, engaging stretches, there is something slightly unsatisfying about the whole.
Ben Kenigsberg
The two hours whip by, and the impression left of Khodorkovsky is of an instinctive politician who never quite lets Gibney in and of contemporary Russia as an infinitely complex ideological nut that's yet to be cracked. Dec 13, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The two hours whip by, and the impression left of Khodorkovsky is of an instinctive politician who never quite lets Gibney in and of contemporary Russia as an infinitely complex ideological nut that's yet to be cracked.
Geoff Brown
The film strays off-target at times and doesn't give the horrors of Siberia enough consideration. But it's an interesting thematic grab-bag... Dec 12, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film strays off-target at times and doesn't give the horrors of Siberia enough consideration. But it's an interesting thematic grab-bag...
Tim Robey
Beautifully chronicled, as expected from Gibney, and rich with detail, and even funny when needed. Dec 11, 2019 | Full Review…
Beautifully chronicled, as expected from Gibney, and rich with detail, and even funny when needed.
Nigel Andrews
Gibney does a very good job of driving a complex story that lays bare just how much Putin sneers at democracy. ..traced through the singular career of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Jan 12, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Gibney does a very good job of driving a complex story that lays bare just how much Putin sneers at democracy. ..traced through the singular career of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Nora Lee Mandel
Quite simply, jaw-dropping...a fascinating documentary with layers. Dec 30, 2019 | Full Review…
Quite simply, jaw-dropping...a fascinating documentary with layers.
Mark Kermode
The film is a touch long, but this is as much a history of modern Russia as it is a cautionary tale about Putin. Dec 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The film is a touch long, but this is as much a history of modern Russia as it is a cautionary tale about Putin.
Alison Rowat
As a primer for what has befallen Russia in the modern era, what with its limping economy, wide-scale corruption and hackneyed politics, Citizen K is a success, something to file near the social-realist dramas of Andrey Zvyagintsev. Dec 19, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
As a primer for what has befallen Russia in the modern era, what with its limping economy, wide-scale corruption and hackneyed politics, Citizen K is a success, something to file near the social-realist dramas of Andrey Zvyagintsev.
Hilary A White
Who is Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky, and what is he doing as a dubious hero in this film. While celebrated here promoting his human rights outfit, Open Russia - created and funded by war criminal Kissinger and UK robber baron banker Jacob Rothschild. Dec 19, 2019 | Full Review…
Who is Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky, and what is he doing as a dubious hero in this film. While celebrated here promoting his human rights outfit, Open Russia - created and funded by war criminal Kissinger and UK robber baron banker Jacob Rothschild.
Prairie Miller
Gibney can't get beneath Khodorkovsky's skin. Keeping his cameras on him still reveals a lot. Dec 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Gibney can't get beneath Khodorkovsky's skin. Keeping his cameras on him still reveals a lot.
Nick Hasted
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