Waiting for Armageddon
First Run Features | Release Date: January 8, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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7
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2
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0
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75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Davis and company do get at the odd mix of middle-class lifestyle and cheerful doom-saying that defines the mainstream apocalypticons. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
The recent trend in political documentaries is for filmmakers to heap ridicule and sarcasm on people they don't agree with, a la Michael Moore. Waiting for Armageddon (which has nothing to do with the 1998 Michael Bay movie) demonstrates that sometimes it's far more devastating to simply point the camera at your subjects and let them talk. Read full review
70
Village VoiceElla Taylor
Line up this terrific documentary about end-times evangelical Christians against Bill Maher's sneering "Religulous," and you'll see an excellent argument for restraint and a fair fight. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Respectfully and without dramatization (the ideas are electric enough), the directors observe a cross section of articulate evangelicals and accompany a Christian group on a revealing trip to Israel. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
The documentary's open-endedness offers something for everyone. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Serves as an absorbing snapshot of America's highly influential, reportedly 50-million-strong evangelical Christian movement. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The movie could have used a little fire and brimstone itself. It’s a little too cautious. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
This documentary about the evangelical belief in biblical prophecy is both overly ambitious and skimpy. Read full review
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Time OutAndrew Grant
The film spends too much time following a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land, limiting most of the substantive material to the last act. Read full review
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