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Showing 6 Critic Reviews
Oct 26, 2012
90
Interviewing a wide range of concerned parties, Mr. Thurman's presentation is admirably evenhanded; though he clearly supports the scientists.
By Daniel M. Gold
FULL REVIEW Oct 25, 2012
80
Director Scott Thurman presents a largely even-handed recounting, wisely letting folks - and events - speak for themselves. It's riveting stuff.
Oct 24, 2012
78
This is one time Texas can't keep its weird political landscape to itself: What happens in Texas doesn't stay in Texas. When it comes to textbooks, what happens in this state is of national concern. Nothing less than the education of our nation's next generation of citizens is at stake.
Oct 23, 2012
75
Scott Thurman captures not only the fear and anti-intellectual resentment and insecurity that govern the dictations of the far right, but also the rampant unchecked egotism.
Oct 25, 2012
70
One of the great things about Scott Thurman's film - a low-budget but thoroughly watchable documentary, largely funded on Kickstarter – is that it helped me see the world from McLeroy's point of view, which I might previously have considered impossible.
Oct 23, 2012
40
Such a feature-length bludgeoning, even in the service of basic social and scientific literacy, is truly discomfiting.
