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Interesting but unfocused, The Swamp's multi-subject approach opens the floor for a lot of questions - and answers very few. Read critic reviews

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Matt Gaetz
Daniel DiMauro
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Morgan Pehme
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Critic Reviews for The Swamp

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  • Directors DiMauro and Pehme fully recognize that these supposed rebels-and Gaetz in particular-are bald-faced hypocrites who don't walk their own talk.

    February 2, 2021 | Full Review…

    Nick Schager

    The Daily Beast

  • "The Swamp" is full of insights and tasty details about how the culture of Washington operates.

    August 6, 2020 | Full Review…

    Owen Gleiberman

    Variety

  • The Swamp is watchable and full of interesting pieces of Congressional trivia, some that I actually hadn't known previously. It's still a railroaded documentary.

    August 4, 2020 | Full Review…

    Dan Fienberg

    Hollywood Reporter

  • The documentary's most useful tactic is how it demonstrates the ways that hyper-partisanship, and hateful rhetoric on both sides, is actually serving the corrupt status quo far more effectively than any outright bribery ever could.

    August 4, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…

    Alex McLevy

    AV Club

  • It turns out to be all talk for the most part, but it is an interesting conversation, and an intriguing, if sometimes flawed, film.

    August 4, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Bill Goodykoontz

    Arizona Republic

  • "The Swamp" is watchable mainly for its willingness to hang around with the likes of 38-year-old Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and give him a fair and up-close chance to explain himself as a self-styled iconoclast.

    August 4, 2020 | Full Review…

    Hank Stuever

    Washington Post
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