The Pinochet Case
First Run Features | Release Date: September 11, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
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Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
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0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleJonathan Curiel
Interviews with Pinochet's victims put a human face on the systematic torture that existed under his rule. Read full review
100
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Eloquent, meticulously structured documentary -- Sober political and legal analysis alternates with grim first-hand accounts of torture and murder in a film that has the structure of a choral symphony that swells to a bittersweet finale. Read full review
90
VarietyDeborah Young
It's hard to walk away unaffected from this heartfelt, well-researched, feature-length documentary. Read full review
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
The Pinochet Case is a searing album of remembrance from those who, having survived, suffered most. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Because stateside newspapers aren't enough, "The Battle of Chile" (possibly the most riveting and vital historical document ever put on celluloid) should be a prerequisite to Guzmán's new doc, The Pinochet Case. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman's powerful and sometimes triumphant documentary is not only an excellent overview of the affair, but serves as the perfect finale to his monumental trilogy about the coup and its aftermath, which began with "The Battle of Chile" (1978). Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
A riveting documentary. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The film is at its most compelling when the witnesses are telling their stories, and at its least in covering Pinochet's circuitous legal route to Britain's House of Lords. Read full review
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