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Director Stanley Nelson avoids editorializing and sensationalizing in Jonestown, letting the CIA photos and film speak for themselves, and giving a voice to the surviving victims.
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Jonestown is a somber and non-exploitive reconstruction of the events that led the members of the Peoples Temple. April 1, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Jonestown is a somber and non-exploitive reconstruction of the events that led the members of the Peoples Temple.
Terry Lawson
Stanley Nelson revisits the 1978 mass suicide of Jim Jones and his flock in Guyana, savoring the horror but offering no new insights. April 1, 2007 | Full Review…
Stanley Nelson revisits the 1978 mass suicide of Jim Jones and his flock in Guyana, savoring the horror but offering no new insights.
J. R. Jones
Ultimately, the film doesn't entirely answer the massive 'why' at the center of this story -- that answer died on that day in 1978 -- but it's a haunting exploration of an event of unspeakable sadness, which still resonates decades later. February 2, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/4
Ultimately, the film doesn't entirely answer the massive 'why' at the center of this story -- that answer died on that day in 1978 -- but it's a haunting exploration of an event of unspeakable sadness, which still resonates decades later.
Moira MacDonald
A somber, solid documentary [parading] the whole bleak tale before us again, complete with those disturbing scenes of hundreds of corpses in their tees and shorts and flip-flops strewn about facedown in the mud of Jonestown, Guyana. February 1, 2007 | Full Review…
A somber, solid documentary [parading] the whole bleak tale before us again, complete with those disturbing scenes of hundreds of corpses in their tees and shorts and flip-flops strewn about facedown in the mud of Jonestown, Guyana.
Stephen Hunter
The last half hour of Jonestown is almost unwatchable. Video footage of the assault on the congressman's delegation gives way to audio of Jones exhorting people to 'die with a degree of dignity' as children shriek in the background. January 12, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The last half hour of Jonestown is almost unwatchable. Video footage of the assault on the congressman's delegation gives way to audio of Jones exhorting people to 'die with a degree of dignity' as children shriek in the background.
Ty Burr
Jonestown is not an easy movie to watch. But it's a solid presentation of an important chapter in American and religious history. Haunting is the only word that truly fits. December 8, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Jonestown is not an easy movie to watch. But it's a solid presentation of an important chapter in American and religious history. Haunting is the only word that truly fits.
Michael Booth
Nelson's thought-provoking documentary investigation into the life and times of preacher Jim Jones raises a fistful of public policy questions that are still knocking around today. May 5, 2010 | Full Review…
Nelson's thought-provoking documentary investigation into the life and times of preacher Jim Jones raises a fistful of public policy questions that are still knocking around today.
Kelly Vance
Frightening, grueling, and needed in an age where religious fanaticism of all kind reigns... July 11, 2007 | Full Review…
Frightening, grueling, and needed in an age where religious fanaticism of all kind reigns...
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The combination of these materials and the new interviews reconstruct a story few really know. March 1, 2007 | Full Review…
The combination of these materials and the new interviews reconstruct a story few really know.
Eric Monder
As much as it leaves open individual questions of devotion and need, the film does make clear the dangers of seeking solace and identity in the embrace of such a complex ego. February 24, 2007
As much as it leaves open individual questions of devotion and need, the film does make clear the dangers of seeking solace and identity in the embrace of such a complex ego.
Cynthia Fuchs
It is a frightening epitaph for what is surely one of the 20th century's most heartbreaking cautionary tales against giving one up to the will of another. February 1, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It is a frightening epitaph for what is surely one of the 20th century's most heartbreaking cautionary tales against giving one up to the will of another.
Bill White
The documentary, directed by Stanley Nelson, incorporates rare footage and recordings with a history of Jones and the Peoples Temple. The film's planned airing on PBS will expose many more viewers to this important slice of history. January 11, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
The documentary, directed by Stanley Nelson, incorporates rare footage and recordings with a history of Jones and the Peoples Temple. The film's planned airing on PBS will expose many more viewers to this important slice of history.
Ted Murphy
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