8: The Mormon Proposition
Red Flag Releasing (RFR) | Release Date: June 18, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Village VoiceErnest Hardy
The flaws pale against what's illustrated, which is not just how Prop. 8 passed, but the sordid, cynical workings of our political machine. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
The interviews throughout are the best part of the movie - the least heavy-handed, yet most effective, element. There is a message here of the necessity for tolerance, but 8: The Mormon Proposition would have been better had its makers presented it in a more consistent, artful fashion. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark Feeney
A deeply felt, and numbingly partisan, documentary about how the Mormon Church both bankrolled and masterminded passage of the initiative. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The highly emotional documentary is narrated by Dustin Lance Black, the screenwriter for “Milk,” who, like Mr. Cowan, is gay and grew up in a Mormon household. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's marred by loaded language and a propagandistic tone that undercuts rather than promotes its purposes. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith Uhlich
There’s little of the Church’s perspective in this doc, but you can’t really fault the filmmakers--Mormon leaders refused several overtures to participate. Read more: http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/film/86550/the-mormon-proposition-film-review#ixzz0r2j38wUF Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A chaotic sequence midway through shows Mormon and gay-rights protesters shouting abuse at each other in San Francisco, and that's pretty much what the whole movie feels like. Read full review
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