Fail State
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: October 19, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 18, 2018
It’s an appalling, infuriating story. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 31, 2018
It’s a lot to take in, and Fail State doesn’t leave the viewer with a lot of hope. When the Obama Administration figured out how to grade such operations and shut down the ones plainly set up to fail their students, Corinthian, Everest, ITT Tech and DeVry went away. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 12, 2018
It gives the feature doc treatment to a topic TV journalists (and news-comedy hero John Oliver) have looked at over the decades — showing the slimy ways that reforms prompted by public outrage have been neutered by politicians on both sides of the aisle. Read full review
55
Film Journal InternationalAndré HerefordOct 25, 2018
The film’s disparate elements add up to less than the sum of its parts, and this would-be fiery take on the failures of the American higher-education system never really ignites. Read full review
50
Film ThreatHunter LanierNov 8, 2018
The ham-fisted approach undercuts the valuable information that makes up Fail State. Read full review
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