Gerrymandering
Release Date: October 15, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

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83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as the rare politician who supports reform in this timely exposé of how our democracy has slipped off its tracks. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoOct 21, 2010
While the film adopts a sometimes jaunty tone, the fact is that gerrymandering is bad news, assuming you believe that elections should mean something. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Despite much archival and news footage, along with ample face time from that initiative's most ebullient supporter, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the contest lacks the kind of inherent drama and tension that could have helped quicken the movie's measured pulse. Read full review
50
Boxoffice MagazineMark Keizer
There is so much wrong with the political system at this point that gerrymandering, in which politicians shamelessly redraw electoral boundaries to rig the outcome of elections, seems almost quaint. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
An illustrated civics lesson that strains to make its complicated, shadowy subject - electoral redistricting - a political hot topic. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichelle Orange
It gets complicated: Re-districting in Chicago gave Obama a clear advantage in his Senate election, an inconvenient truth that Reichert leaves open to debate. A clearer example of gerrymandering's mendacity is offered by Tom DeLay, who rides his black heart into yet another political documentary and fills, as ever, the role of the indisputable villain. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
At the start of Gerrymandering, Reichert quotes Thomas Pynchon, writing, "Nothing will produce bad history more directly nor brutally than drawing a line." The same could be said of documentaries. Read full review
40
Time OutS. James Snyder
Good policy does not ensure good drama; Gerrymandering summarizes an urgent issue but forgets to detail the true fallout. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Watching Gerrymandering is like taking a course on a subject you keenly want to learn about only to discover the lecturer is a boring, old windbag. Read full review
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