Giuliani Time
Cinema Libre Studio | Release Date: May 12, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The result is fearlessly divisive and will no doubt play according to viewers' preexisting perceptions. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Giuliani Time has an ax to grind and wields it with dull-edged force. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
After 9-11, a sick, scandalized lame-duck mayor became a national hero for simply keeping his composure on TV. Keating's film is a comet out of the past, but it's focused, if only circumstantially, on the future. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
While Keating's agenda is clearly hostile, and Giuliani's political committee is eagerly trying to do counter-propaganda, this isn't a campaign of character assassination or innuendo, but rather a dutifully constructed biographical film about a tremendously skilled prosecutor and politician. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
With the former mayor currently enjoying one of the rare second acts in American political life, Giuliani Time does a strong job of reminding us what the first one was like. Read full review
60
VarietyJay Weissberg
Chock-a-block with incisive commentaries both pro and con, pic's sole drawback is its quick finish on that fateful September day without updating Rudy's subsequent rise and fall. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
In general, and in spite of its deft use of archival video clips and interviews, Giuliani Time offers a superficial reading of recent New York history, zeroing in on the headlines while often missing the context. Read full review
60
Washington PostMichael Powell
It drags a bit and suffers from not enough Rudy. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Giuliani Time energetically deflates one trumpeted myth after another about Giuliani's success at turning the city around from its doldrums in the 1970s. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The trouble with Giuliani Time is that Keating, as a filmmaker, wants to give power to the people but in his every perception he takes it away from them. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
While Giuliani Time offers a wealth of important information that many might have long forgotten, its impact is diluted by its heavily biased nature and lack of balance. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
The documentary Giuliani Time, which seeks to knock our former mayor off his pedestal, hits him with all the force of a wadded-up Kleenex. Those who hope Rudy Giuliani never returns to public life must be getting panicky. Read full review
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