Bhutto
First Run Features | Release Date: December 3, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Negative:
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80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDec 6, 2010
As Bhutto, the thorough and involving documentary on her life conveys, Benazir was a formidable personality all by herself. Read full review
80
Time OutAndrew SchenkerDec 6, 2010
Rather than treat its subject as the sort of martyr to democracy that makes good copy in the West, Bhutto digs deeper. Read full review
75
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJan 7, 2011
Boasting a rock-solid academic architecture, Bhutto is a film bursting at the seams with gravitas. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliJan 6, 2011
Baughman and O'Hara's documentary spews out so much information in just 111 minutes that the movie would have benefited from a longer run time and tighter focus. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeEthan GilsdorfDec 16, 2010
People called the Bhuttos "The Kennedys of Pakistan" and, in a parallel with our losses, the Pakistanis suffered the untimely deaths of Benazir, her father, and her two brothers. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderCliff DoerksenDec 10, 2010
Fast-paced and intelligent documentary. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneDec 6, 2010
Bhutto's story is an epic one, and Hernandez and O'Hara prove up to the task. Read full review
70
NPRElla TaylorDec 6, 2010
Bhutto is smart and thorough on the inflamed history of Pakistan. But as a portrait of the first woman elected head of state in an Islamic nation, it comes closer to hero-worship than to considered biography. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleDec 6, 2010
If nothing else, the directors, Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara, deserve praise for devoting this kind of attention to a foreign leader and to the internal politics of another country (as opposed to how those politics affect the United States). Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick SchagerDec 6, 2010
Contextualizing the prime minister's rise to power within a larger portrait of a nation under constant internal and external siege, Bhutto conveys a forceful sense of tectonic social and geopolitical shifts, as well as the courageous, heartbreaking personal sacrifices its subject made in service to both her homeland and ideals. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyJan 27, 2011
Part biography, part idol worship, Bhutto is a bullet train through South Asia, chronicling its subject's 54 years, a period of unrest in her nation and family. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDec 6, 2010
It's a fascinating story, and too epic to be contained here. But the directors certainly capture our interest, even as they leave us wanting to know more. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDec 6, 2010
The Bhutto family is often referred to as the "Pakistani Kennedys." After seeing this film, that designation doesn't sound so glib anymore. Read full review
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