The Liberator
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: October 3, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 2, 2014
North American viewers will have one advantage over their South American brethren — the capacity to be surprised. We knew how “Lincoln” was going to end, but The Liberator is a question mark all the way to the finish. Read full review
75
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSep 30, 2014
The Liberator may be a Cliff Notes version of South American history, but Ramirez breathes life into it and makes us care. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesLorraine AliOct 2, 2014
The admittedly simple premise — that El Libertador fought the good fight, for a worthy cause — is refreshingly escapist. By only briefly addressing the complications of Bolívar's later life as a ruler, it lets us revel in the antiquated notion, if only for a couple of hours, that there are some battles worth fighting. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyOct 3, 2014
A handsomely mounted, never-less-than conspicuously intelligent but ultimately too-conventional historical drama, The Liberator shoehorns the epic life of early 19th-century South American revolutionary Simón Bolivar into two hours of intermittently powerful cinema. Read full review
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