Sacco and Vanzetti
First Run Features | Release Date: March 30, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
Film ThreatPhil Hall
If the state government in Massachusetts refuses to acknowledge its execution of innocent men, then at least this compelling and powerful production can serve as a graceful elegy to the doomed men who were murdered by their adopted homeland. Read full review
100
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's cleansing to see the facts laid out with intimacy and rigor, and the film earns the comparison it makes to the squelching of due process for some of today's terror suspects. Read full review
90
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Does a superb job of condensing an overwhelming mass of documentation, archival imagery and artistic representation into a concise yet passionate history lesson whose relevance could not be timelier. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The effect is informative and moving, even if the film has an attack of the gooeys at the end. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
One of the movie's most moving elements is the duo's famous prison correspondence, as eloquently read by Tony Shalhoub as Sacco and John Turturro as Vanzetti. But Miller's obvious passion and dedication shine throughout. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Stirring documentary. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
The movie's meat-and-potatoes style seems less a failure of imagination than a means of putting in the foreground its intriguing subject matter. Read full review
70
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
A story that is still healthfully discomfiting to remember. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Regardless of your opinion about Sacco and Vanzetti, the documentary should prove thoughtful and thought-provoking. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Concise and thoughtful. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Miller's film shows how quickly Americans facing perceived foreign threats are willing to ignore basic liberties. Sound familiar? Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A bit pedantic, but thorough and interesting throughout, a must for history buffs. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Now there is inconclusive but reasonable doubt, based on a letter that turned up in 2005 from Upton Sinclair, who had heard their disgruntled first lawyer say they were guilty. You'd think this nugget might show up in a new documentary about the case, but Peter Miller, known for his 2001 film about that other beloved song of the left, "The Internationale," has recast the story into a tale of prejudice against Italian immigrants and the violation of civil rights. Read full review
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