South of the Border
Cinema Libre Studio | Release Date: June 25, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Yes, Stone gets cozy with Hugo Chávez, soft-pedaling the Venezuelan president's crackdown tendencies, but he also captures South America in a paradigm shift, wrenching itself free of centuries of colonial control. The film is rose-colored agitprop, but it catches a current of history. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
Good-humored, illuminating and without cant, Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone's documentary South of the Border is a rebuttal of what he views as the fulminations and lies of right-wing media at home and abroad regarding the socialist democracies of South America. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicKerry Lengel
Offers valuable historical, social and political context, particularly if you aren't an international-news junkie. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
But to be fair, Stone doesn't seem even to think he's offering the last word here. Rather, he's trying to offer the first word, or at least a first opportunity to hear the other side, unfiltered by television media. Read full review
75
NPRBob Mondello
Engaging enough as polemics go, but unlikely to change many minds. Read full review
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