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90
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The New York Times Dana Stevens
Mr. Sauper has produced an extraordinary work of visual journalism, a richly illustrated report on a distant catastrophe that is also one of the central stories of our time.
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90
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Filmmaker Sauper put himself in harm's way numerous times to get so inside the situation, and the intimacy of his technique, his willingness to avoid hectoring voice-overs and simply talk quietly with his subjects, adds compelling believability.
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80
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Washington Post Ann Hornaday
What gradually comes into focus is a terrifying, appalling, infuriating cycle of exploitation and corruption.
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80
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The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
An uncompromising portrait of how global capitalism can exploit an area's resources to the point of near annihilation.
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80
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TV Guide Ken Fox
Far more than mere fish tale, Sauper's dark, devastating documentary profiles a socio-ecological nightmare with unimaginable consequences, and it's one of the best films about the ugly reality of the global marketplace.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Darwin's Nightmare points an all-purpose finger at globalization, yet the movie, as raw and vivid as it is, meanders terribly and - bigger problem - never hints at how the disasters it shows us are rooted in Africa's colonial past.
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75
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Sauper captures a world in which life and death are treated with equal practicality - and disregard. His camera is unflinching; your gaze may not be quite so steady.
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75
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
As confusing, horrific and unsettling as a nightmare can be, at least you wake up and the memory fades. Darwin's Nightmare, tragically, is not a dream, but rather a haunting, beautifully made reality check well worth waking up to.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle
At times quite powerful.
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63
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New York Post
The documentary tries to pin Africa's suffering on capitalism, but dances around the real problem. Africa starves because corrupt governments own the natural resources and export them to buy weapons to keep their people at bay.
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