Ithaka
| Release Date: March 3, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 3, 2023
Ithaka shows us how time and experience have lent perspective to it all, affectingly focusing on Assange’s elderly father John Shipton, and Assange’s fiancee Stella Moris (now his wife), who have doggedly fought for Assange’s rights as an investigative journalist and publisher. Read full review
67
Original-CinLiam LaceyMar 20, 2023
You won’t find much ambiguity on these subjects in the documentary Ithaka, directed by Ben Lawrence and produced by Assange’s half-brother, Gabriel Shipton. Unsurprisingly, it’s totally Team Julian. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeMar 3, 2023
Shipton is a fascinating character – abrupt, ill at ease with the voracious press attention, but also possessed of a sharp, unusual intelligence that tends to veer off at jarring tangents. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 3, 2023
Ithaka isn’t as effective an advocacy doc as it could be, sometimes feeling trapped between wanting to intellectualize with onscreen text and contextualized history and looking for observational moments that crystallize the pain and concern for the Assange family. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 8, 2023
Laura Poitras’s 2017 documentary “Risk” was a close-up portrait of Assange, shot during his early years of infamy and as fascinating, in a squirmy way, as Assange himself. “Ithaka” is less about the man than the cause — how the continued prosecution of Assange fits into the issue of free speech. It’s a more morally clean-cut watch. But it’s a lot less dramatic. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonMar 23, 2023
The documentary repeats three monotonous points: Journalists lie. Regardless, Assange is a journalist who deserves protection. Also, his family misses him a heck of a lot. Read full review
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