American Dharma
Utopia | Release Date: November 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDec 5, 2019
It’s a weird film all the way around. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 12, 2019
This is a surprisingly and disappointingly tame film, in which Morris is almost deferential to Bannon. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonDec 5, 2019
Bannon is an intriguing figure, a former liberal who went to Harvard Business School and did a hitch in the Navy. His turn in philosophy is worth exploring. He can undeniably hold attention — American Dharma is not a hard watch. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNov 1, 2019
American Dharma is a frustratingly hollow look at Bannon that is ultimately so benign in its portrayal of the man that it comes closer to an example of fan service than a full takedown. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePat BrownOct 28, 2019
The film feels rather like listening to the arsonist calmly explain why he set the fire as we continue to watch it rage. Read full review
50
The Film StageJosh LewisSep 14, 2018
Morris goes on about a “good Bannon” and a “bad Bannon” at length, flattering him by engaging in a “both sides” mentality that is deeply unhelpful seeing as how Trump supporters and #resistance folks are already going to go into Dharma with their minds made up. Read full review
45
Vanity FairK. Austin CollinsOct 31, 2019
There are personal fragments of interest here; it’s useful to see how a man like Bannon narrates the story of himself, mythologizes himself, if only for the glimpses of worldview that sneak through in his presentation of the details. But the failure of Morris’s film is that it snuffs so much of that out. Read full review
40
CineVueChristopher MachellOct 31, 2019
In giving rope to Bannon and hoping that he’ll hang himself, we’re instead forced to watch him fashion a lasso and play at being John Wayne, with Morris seemingly powerless to stop him. Read full review
40
The New YorkerRichard BrodyOct 31, 2019
American Dharma succeeds neither as journalism nor as portraiture, neither as political critique nor as cultural survey nor as psychological study. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 8, 2018
What you see in American Dharma isn’t investigative filmmaking — it’s a toothless bromance. Read full review
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