ACORN and the Firestorm
| Release Date: April 6, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Critic Reviews

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70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 5, 2018
The doc's poignant heart is in observing how ACORN's most dedicated members have pushed to continue doing good after it was forced to close its doors. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 5, 2018
Although the documentary makes clear how some accusations proved false or overblown, perhaps its biggest flaw is that it’s too eager to hand-wave any actual mistakes that Acorn made. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 5, 2018
Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard’s convincing but unfocused documentary “ACORN and the Firestorm” firmly contextualizes the group’s targeted debasement and eventual downfall as a landmark event of this modern political moment — not the epilogue of the previous era, but rather the prologue of the current one. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlApr 5, 2018
ACORN and the Firestorm fumbles with the media story, offering cable-news talking heads in montage but not digging deeply into how the story spread — or why elected Democrats believed they had to shut Acorn down. That sense of fumbling shapes the film. Read full review
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