Active Measures
Super LTD | Release Date: August 31, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
TheWrapTodd GilchristMay 2, 2018
If there’s anything that Active Measures does most effectively, it’s to demonstrate the depths and the breadth of the corruption, the criminality, the immorality operating in contemporary politics. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 10, 2018
Active Measures delivers a well-researched and smartly laid-out cinematic thesis that connects the myriad dots in skillful fashion. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmAug 31, 2018
There’s a priceless scene in Jack Bryan’s new documentary, Active Measures, where McCain is seen smirking through a speech delivered by the Russian president, as he sneers with theatrical menace in the senator’s direction. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 30, 2018
Jack Bryan’s thorough, chilling rabbit-hole inquiry into our president’s connections to Russia — Active Measures — is as good a place as any to fuel one’s fear/outrage. Read full review
70
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiAug 30, 2018
This formidable film is sometimes zealous to a fault: The credits cite more than 200 sources of archival material, from The Washington Post to YouTube channels. It’s a lot to take in, as names and numbers zip by, yet missing some of its points may be healthy. To explore every moment is to risk overdosing on outrage. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 26, 2018
While it’s not as if the film comes up with some smoking gun that Robert Mueller hasn’t yet, it fills in the Trump-Russia connection in a dogged, rigorously reported, eyebrow-raising way. Read full review
60
The GuardianCharles BramescoAug 26, 2018
Bryan’s done his homework, mapping out an elaborate network of past wrongdoings with news clippings and TV footage. If the just deserts that this film demands ever come to pass, it will almost certainly be the most copiously photographed treason in a long and illustrious American tradition. Read full review
55
Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganAug 30, 2018
Unfortunately, Bryan's case quickly turns into a dense, confusing slog through a bewildering array of newspaper headlines, TV news clips, splashy graphics and talking heads. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAug 30, 2018
Active Measures is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the mind. By coming on so strong, so fevered, Bryan achieves the dubious feat of making his host of documented facts, reasonable inferences, and alarming subjects for further research all seem seem less persuasive than if they had been presented more soberly. Read full review
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