Citizen K

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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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Movie Info

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wealthy man in Russia, rocketed to prosperity in the 1990s and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
  • Genre:
    documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Alex Gibney
  • Producer:
    John Battsek, George Chignell, Erin Edeiken, Alex Gibney
  • Writer:
    Alex Gibney
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $119.5K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Passion Pictures, Jigsaw Productions, Storyteller Productions

Cast & Crew

Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Vladimir Putin
Leonid Nevzlin
Boris Berezovsky
Alexei Navalny
Tatyana Lysova
Maria Logan
Anton Drel
Alex Gibney
Director
Alex Gibney
Screenwriter
John Battsek
Producer
George Chignell
Producer
Erin Edeiken
Producer
Alex Gibney
Producer
Michael Lesslie
Executive Producer
Stacey Offman
Executive Producer
Richard Perello
Executive Producer
Mark Garrett
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Critic Reviews for Citizen K

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  • Citizen K is riveting, informative, and a bit terrifying. It's a significant documentary.

    March 3, 2020 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

    David Stratton

    The Australian

  • 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…

    Cary Darling

    Houston Chronicle

  • [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…

    Michael O'Sullivan

    Washington Post

  • It's Gibney's willingness to hold his subject accountable that keeps Citizen K from drifting into dull hagiography.

    January 22, 2020 | Full Review…

    David Klion

    The New Republic

  • 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…

    G. Allen Johnson

    San Francisco Chronicle

  • 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…

    David Fear

    Rolling Stone
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