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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Overview


Genre :

Documentary

Release Date :

April 22, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Alex Gibney

Starring :

Peter Coyote

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  Be the 1st!

4 of 5

“..The important new documentary..”
by Pete Croatto [Filmcritic]
3 of 4

“..the corporate American cautionary tale of the century..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
3 of 4

“..Simultaneously eye-opening and entertaining..”
by Christy Lemire [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
3.5 of 4

“..replete with archival footage and talking heads..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
4 of 5

“..outlines outrageous and unethical corporate behavior..”
by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
8 of 10

“..more akin to the Corporation than Bush's Brain..”
by Andrew Weil [Comingsoon]
5 of 5

“..lays bare, in funny and shocking video clips..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4

“..it's the most forthright documentary..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
3.5 of 4

“..is very relevant in today's corporate world and is relentlessly engrossing..”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
8 of 10

“..is fascinating..”
by Aaron West [Movie-Vault]
“..is a damning artifact..”
by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]
3.5 of 5

“..helps the average American understand the nature of the shell games..”
by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
3.5 of 4

“..Gibney's mesmerizing documentary..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3.5 of 4

“..Gibney's electrifying documentary..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
3 of 4

“..focuses on the machinations rather than the suffering they caused..”
by Eric Harrison [Houston Chronicle]
4.5 of 5

“..entertaining and informative..”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3.5 of 4

“..entertain and enlighten you..”
by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune]
4 of 4

“..an impeccably documentary..”
by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
4.5 of 5

“..a thorough, insightful, easy-to-grasp and subtly enraging documentary..”
by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
4.5 of 5

“..a movie about consummate fraudsters..”
by [E! Online]
5 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Parry [EFilmCritic]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Hanson [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by David S. Bernstein [The Boston Phoenix]
Reviewed by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]
Reviewed by Glenn Whipp [L.A. Daily News]
Reviewed by Joe Leydon [Variety at Sundance 2005]

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