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The Final Year uses director Greg Barker's wide-ranging access to take a detailed inside look at the closing months of the Obama administration.
All Critics (103) | Top Critics (26)
Regardless of politics, it's fascinating to see how the White House works. Jan 25, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Regardless of politics, it's fascinating to see how the White House works.
Bill Goodykoontz
"The Final Year" is stirring and saddening, but too well behaved by half; I wanted it to be a little less Steven Pinker and a little more Dwayne Johnson. Jan 22, 2018 | Full Review…
"The Final Year" is stirring and saddening, but too well behaved by half; I wanted it to be a little less Steven Pinker and a little more Dwayne Johnson.
Anthony Lane
As an evocation of on-the-ground political reality, "The Final Year" is a a solid and often entertaining work in much the same wheelhouse as the durable political documentary Jan 19, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
As an evocation of on-the-ground political reality, "The Final Year" is a a solid and often entertaining work in much the same wheelhouse as the durable political documentary
Matt Zoller Seitz
This gripping, full-access account of life inside the White House during the last 12 months of Barack Obama's administration is sobering and heartbreaking. Jan 19, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This gripping, full-access account of life inside the White House during the last 12 months of Barack Obama's administration is sobering and heartbreaking.
Kevin Maher
At least one viewer wept all the way through the credits. Jan 19, 2018 | Full Review…
At least one viewer wept all the way through the credits.
David Edelstein
Occasionally illuminating insights into diplomacy, international relations and the cultivation of self-image. Jan 19, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Occasionally illuminating insights into diplomacy, international relations and the cultivation of self-image.
Matt Turner
The Final Year is a parting gift, a sermon that teaches without preaching to the converted, worthy of its charismatic leader. May 24, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Final Year is a parting gift, a sermon that teaches without preaching to the converted, worthy of its charismatic leader.
Matthew Anderson
The sense of irony and insight on a major shift for the country permeates this film, making it a more interesting and lasting record of a presidential final year. Apr 26, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The sense of irony and insight on a major shift for the country permeates this film, making it a more interesting and lasting record of a presidential final year.
Cate Marquis
Undeniably one for Obama fans only, The Final Year is a fantastic portrait of the last few months of his presidency. Feb 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Undeniably one for Obama fans only, The Final Year is a fantastic portrait of the last few months of his presidency.
Louise Burrell
Hardcore political junkies are the only ones likely to find it outright enthralling, and Barker does nothing to make the fly-on-the-wall raw material particularly invigorating. Dec 7, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Hardcore political junkies are the only ones likely to find it outright enthralling, and Barker does nothing to make the fly-on-the-wall raw material particularly invigorating.
Andrew Wyatt
A candid insider's view of the Presidency, enlightening about diplomatic processes during the recent past and completely humanistic at addressing the challenges society still faces. After watching, you'll yearn for politics to be this boring again. Nov 12, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
A candid insider's view of the Presidency, enlightening about diplomatic processes during the recent past and completely humanistic at addressing the challenges society still faces. After watching, you'll yearn for politics to be this boring again.
Alistair Ryder
Demonstrating the human element that goes into doctrine, "The Final Year" does something more impressive than capture history being made by elucidating how it is made, creating a time capsule that may be even more interesting decades on. Oct 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Demonstrating the human element that goes into doctrine, "The Final Year" does something more impressive than capture history being made by elucidating how it is made, creating a time capsule that may be even more interesting decades on.
Stephen Saito
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