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03/27/09
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:53
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: This compelling unauthorized biography takes a muckraker's view of the controversial diplomat.
Runtime: 80 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER, a documentary based on the book by British journalist Christopher Hitchens, argues that Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and the recipient of the Nobel... [More]
Reviews for The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Top CriticA fast-paced documentary that entertains as it informs.
10/26/07
Directly charging him with mass murder, the film colors Kissinger as a secretive, paranoid, duplicitous megalomaniac who rose to political superstardom while literally--the movie claims--getting away with decisions that left hundreds of thousands dead.
09/13/07
An innocuously incendiary piece
10/02/06
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07/21/05
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06/18/05
Um retrato fundamental do homem que certamente deve ser uma espécie de ‘mentor espiritual e intelectual’ de genocidas como Rumsfeld, Rice e cia..
03/28/05
In a larger sense, this powerfully muckraking film is about the accountability of public figures and about how, in regard to international justice, there can be no exceptions.
08/07/04
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07/30/04
At best, The Trials of Henry Kissinger constitutes an indictment, not a conviction.
05/16/04
This documentary, far from a trial and not for geeks only, presents a focused, ferocious attack on a beloved target long overdue for his comeuppance.
01/27/04
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12/31/03
Jarecki and Gibney do find enough material to bring Kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives.
05/07/03
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03/14/03
The bigger question it raises now is what to do with his ideological disciples in the Bush administration.
03/10/03
It's both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary...
03/10/03
Eugene Jarecki amasses a compelling body of evidence suggesting that Kissinger should be formally investigated for a possible role in the CIA-supported coup.
03/10/03
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02/25/03
Whether you buy Hitchens' arguments, one leaves The Trials of Henry Kissinger seeing him as a man who viewed international diplomacy as a game, blithely ignoring the human toll of his gamesmanship.
02/24/03
Even if the case against Kissinger is not fully convincing, the documentary keeps you glued to your seat and thinking long after you've left the theater.
02/13/03
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