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Vitagraph Films | Release Date: November 6, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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60
Time OutDavid Fear
While this totally impartial approach is admirable, it also robs Collapse of any invested sensibility. Smith has given this bull a stage on which to rage, but why the filmmaker has bothered to mount the platform in the first place is, frustratingly, anybody’s guess. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNicolas Rapold
Smith lets Ruppert's plainspoken autodidactic skepticism get gradually shriller until his arguments dissolve into tears of grief and frustration. There's an element of Errol Morris in the film, which implicitly psychologizes its subject and watches as he talks himself deeper and deeper into the hole. Read full review
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NPRMark Jenkins
If nothing else, while watching Ruppert, you'll believe he believes this stuff. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It would have been helpful had Smith put his words into some sort of context, allowing others to assess his theories. Instead there's simply Ruppert, talking, raging and warning, as if his very life depended on it. Read full review
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