It seems almost unthinkable that such a charismatic, generous and lively man could be gone. It also makes you understand what it means for a country like Haiti to lose a citizen like Jean Dominique.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
Demme's movie exuberantly crosses the border from documentary into hagiography and from hagiography into celebration.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Director Demme has done other potent and meaningful films, but The Agronomist defers to none of them in its effectiveness and its power.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
This affecting eulogy underscores not only Demme's own tribute to Dominique but also the film's homage to radio. This is a motion picture that's in love with the magic of airborne speech.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
After his murder, Michele Montas goes on the air to insist that Jean Dominique is still alive, because his spirit lives on. But in this film Haiti seems to be a country that can kill the spirit, too.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Has important things to tell viewers about global politics, and in an eerily resonant way.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
We are left with vivid images of Dominique, whose desire to change his country, despite formidable intimidation, is an inspiration to any supporter of democracy.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Smartly filmed (aside from a few distracting editing fripperies), but it's so dazzled by its subject and saddened by his martyrdom that it never moves past the heroic politics of dissent.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
As Demme's audienc we're at the mercy of political passion overshadowed by style.Read Full Review »
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