Point and Shoot

Name: Point and Shoot
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 31, 2014
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 65

2014

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Orchard, The | Release Date: October 31, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: In Februrary, 2011, 32-year old Matthew VanDyke left Baltimore and set off for Libya to help rebels overthrow the country’s dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a video camera in the other, he struggled to achieve political revolution and personal transformation.

Director: Marshall Curry

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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IndieWire John Anderson

Oct 30, 2014

Via his subject’s idiosyncracies – VanDyke is a habitual hand-washer and diagnosed OCD-ite – Curry starts to weave a subtle, but nonetheless eloquent critique not just of one man's compulsions, but a culture's. Read full review

David Rooney

Nov 15, 2014

An extraordinary and quietly disturbing film. Read full review

Peter Keough

Nov 20, 2014

Despite his neuroses, VanDyke displays self-awareness and humility, and a charisma that ranges from the goofiness of Owen Wilson to the grandiosity of his hero, Lawrence of Arabia. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Nov 20, 2014

Point and Shoot is a fascinating, frequently frustrating documentary. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Oct 29, 2014

The more straightforward Point And Shoot seems, the more slippery it becomes. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Oct 30, 2014

A compelling account of an ordinary guy who transformed himself through extraordinary circumstance. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Oct 31, 2014

Point and Shoot consequently feels like a film made by a storyteller — not a journalist — who doesn't know he can ask follow-up questions. Read full review

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