The Emperor's New Clothes
Sundance Selects | Release Date: December 16, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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100
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiDec 17, 2015
Advocacy documentaries simply don't get better or more compelling than this. Read full review
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Time Out LondonDave CalhounDec 17, 2015
Brand is a winning – cuddly even – bridge between his film’s ideology and the wider world. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMeave GallagherDec 17, 2015
It can be hard to take someone so pleased with himself seriously, but amid his grandstanding, Brand does offer some solutions to problems many of us rightfully feel are intractable. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 16, 2015
The Emperor’s New Clothes is moderately effective agitprop. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDec 16, 2015
When a documentary feels obliged to spend a few minutes explaining what “300 years” means, it crosses the line from simple and straightforward to condescending. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsDec 18, 2015
Worse still: because The Emperor's New Clothes is often beholden to the whims of Brand (star of "Get Him to the Greek," and that tedious "Arthur" remake nobody saw), it too often feels like "Button-Pushing Encounters with Russell Brand." Read full review
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Slant MagazineClayton DillardDec 14, 2015
It's more about hyping Russell Brand as a constituent for the people than locating the means for sustained economic transformation. Read full review
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