Countdown to Zero
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: July 23, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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20
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireDavid HughesJun 20, 2011
Walker was Oscar nominated for Waste Land this year, and while this occasionally unfocused doc doesn't hit those heights, it's still a valuable and scary film that should be seen. Read full review
60
NPRMark Jenkins
Oddly, Countdown to Zero ends by suggesting that viewers get those nukes abolished by texting their disapproval to a phone number listed in the credits -- as if the governments of China or North Korea (or the United States, for that matter) are just waiting for a gentle rebuke from civic-minded documentary viewers. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Walker has something important to say with Countdown To Zero, but if this movie were standing on a doorstep with a petition, most reasonable people would sign it quickly and send it on its way, rather than inviting it in to chat. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
A mess of a movie – a sprawling PowerPoint argument that covers too much ground way too fast, dispensing Wikipedia-calibre essays on a variety of subjects, from a blurred bio of J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atom bomb, to an unsatisfying sidebar on A.Q. Khan, the world's first door-to-door nuke salesmen. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
An earnest, alarmist new docu-plea for nuclear disarmament, concludes with an orgy of such destruction. Mushroom clouds. Infernal white light. Obliterating energy blasts. It's all here, and mostly beyond the pale. Read full review
40
Village VoiceVadim Rizov
This is another well-intentioned but preaching-to-the-choir doc, and boring as well. Read full review
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