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Genre : Biography, Drama, Action Release Date : September 23, 2011 MPAA Rating : R Duration : 123 minute(s) Production Budget : -Studio : Relativity Media Official Site : http://www.machinegunpreacher.org/ Reviews Rate :
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you are meant to feel exhilarated and inspired, newly aware of the plight of suffering people and awed by one man's dedication to their cause
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
this is a legitimate and troubling question and, in a more thoughtful movie
by Peter Rainer [Christian Science Monitor ]
the umpteenth onscreen iteration of a white savior aiding the most desperate in Africa
by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice ]
the movie is tedious, grisly and too long. The story never delves into the lives of the children
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
the film's dramatic opacity can be maddening
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal ]
the film never gets beyond pulp psychology. It's like Machete remade as an awards-bait snoozer
Review rate : D
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
just snarls his way through the whole movie, and whatever good Sam Childers has actually accomplished - and is still accomplishing - is lost in movie mediocrity
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]
it's hard to shake the uncomfortable sensation of watching yet another story that glorifies the white savior
by Christy Lemire [Associated Press ]
it makes for a bumpy entry for most of the rest of the film's very good, but under-utilized cast
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
is like the AK-47 of dramas: mechanically well-constructed, not especially flashy, solidly built so as to take a few knocks without jamming ... but ultimately so scattershot when it fires all its rounds that it's hard to tell what
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies ]
is left with a story that lacks much of a satisfying climax or anything like a proper ending
by Dave McGinn [Globe and Mail ]
good intentions are all that matters to this film by director whose intention it is to win some good awards
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
believing he's giving Butler a pulpit from which to confess his acting sins
by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
an impressively heroic true-life story that unfortunately doesn't go far enough in examining its unusual hero
by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
by Christy Lemire [Associated Press ]
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies ]
by Dave McGinn [Globe and Mail ]
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
