Death by China
Area23a | Release Date: August 24, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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4
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3
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70
VarietyRonnie ScheibAug 17, 2012
One need not fully subscribe to Peter Navarro's demonization to appreciate his lucid wake-up call to the imminent dangers of the huge U.S.-China trade imbalance and its disastrous impact on the American economy. Read full review
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The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 23, 2012
It is also unabashedly one-sided and is short on solutions, other than the usual "Call your Congressional representatives." But its message, despite the hyperbole, certainly warrants examination and discussion. Read full review
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SalonAndrew O'HehirAug 22, 2012
Much of the argument Navarro assembles in Death by China is unassailable as to its basic facts, even if the tone and manner of presentation leave much to be desired. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 17, 2012
Full of legitimate, even urgent concerns but so garish in tone it encourages viewers to view it as propaganda, Peter Navarro's Death By China does a disservice to its message. Read full review
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Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerAug 14, 2012
The bulk of the film contains as much hysterical rhetoric as sober analysis. Read full review
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Slant MagazineNick SchagerAug 19, 2012
Further confirmation that agitprop documentaries have become wedded to a template that undermines their very arguments. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasAug 22, 2012
These are all legitimate concerns, which Navarro supports with testimony from economists, politicians, union leaders, and businesspeople, but they're undermined at every point by a sky-is-falling hysteria that registers as white noise. It's the documentary equivalent of a raving street-corner derelict. Read full review
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New York PostV.A. MusettoAug 23, 2012
The documentary tells us little we don't already know and is overwhelmingly one-sided. It would make a nice TV infomercial, but certainly doesn't deserve a big-screen release. Read full review
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