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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.
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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
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
Call it Requiem for a Globalistic Dream. Jan 19, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Call it Requiem for a Globalistic Dream.
Simon Houpt
Every big issue covered in the film can't possibly be done justice in 90 minutes, but even getting the broad strokes here offers more solid information than could be found on the nightly news ... Jan 18, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Every big issue covered in the film can't possibly be done justice in 90 minutes, but even getting the broad strokes here offers more solid information than could be found on the nightly news ...
Josh Modell
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
The Final Year is a fascinating - yet somehow also glossy - insight into the unseen workings of US diplomacy in the last year of Barack Obama's presidency. Aug 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Final Year is a fascinating - yet somehow also glossy - insight into the unseen workings of US diplomacy in the last year of Barack Obama's presidency.
Alexa Dalby
In a way, this documentary delivers many reality checks that the best idea is not necessarily the most followed idea. May 23, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
In a way, this documentary delivers many reality checks that the best idea is not necessarily the most followed idea.
Danielle Ransom
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