Citizen Koch
Variance Films | Release Date: June 6, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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5
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10
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 19, 2014
If you have a shred of idealism left, it’s hard to watch Citizen Koch without a mounting sense of despair and outrage over the influence that money has come to wield over modern elections. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichJun 5, 2014
What ultimately helps Citizen Koch rise above the dozens of other movies like it is a focus not just on recent developments in American politics, but also on the bedrock of what has made this country such an enduringly great, astoundingly troubled experiment: one person, one vote. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWes GreeneJun 3, 2014
Like their earlier Trouble the Water, Carl Deal and Tia Lessin portray men and women yearning for a simple place in society as they become casualties to the self-involvement of larger forces. Read full review
63
Boston GlobePeter KeoughJun 19, 2014
In other words, Citizen Koch is preaching to the choir. Which might not be a pointless exercise, seeing how the choir failed to show up for the last midterm election in 2010, and might need extra motivation not to repeat that mistake this November. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsJun 19, 2014
For real balance, the debate needs fiercely leftist truth-tellers in tri-corner hats, calling themselves the Organic Chai Tea Party. Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'HehirJun 5, 2014
Citizen Koch is kind of a mess. But it’s a mess well worth discovering for yourself. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianJeff BakerJul 18, 2014
Citizen Koch doesn't have a narrator, and that's fine, but it tosses out a lot of information and doesn't pull it into a compelling movie. Read full review
55
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 2, 2014
While the provocative title promises a film that will reveal new information about the infamous Koch brothers, there's little on display here that regular viewers of “The Rachel Maddow Show” won't have already heard. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 26, 2014
Citizen Koch is pure advocacy doc: brisk and clear-eyed, to be sure, but not likely to surprise headline-savvy moviegoers or angered progressives. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 19, 2014
Citizen Koch is undisciplined and depressing, yet still strangely worthwhile. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeJun 5, 2014
While one might agree or disagree with their theme, aesthetically Citizen Koch is feisty. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJun 5, 2014
For those who didn't know how flawed and manipulated the act of casting a ballot has become, Citizen Koch is a decent enough primer, but for everyone else long past the tipping point, this is just more evidence for a problem that currently has no solution. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyMay 19, 2014
Some material in the docu feels repetitive or unnecessary. But the main problem is that “Citizen Koch” simply juggles too many themes and narratives to cohere. The result is largely compelling in the moment, but unsatisfying as a whole. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJun 27, 2014
Regardless of how well-argued it is, when watching a film feels this much like homework, that's not likely to happen. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJun 5, 2014
It’s a hodgepodge that Michael Moore (whose movies Ms. Lessin and Mr. Deal have produced) and his editors might snappily dice together, but here the construction falls short. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 3, 2014
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin's scattershot agitprop doc takes the perfidy of the billionaire Koch brothers as its given, offering up montages of Tea Party screamers rather than investigative reporting or rigorous argumentation. Read full review
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