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In this searing exposé of the state of democracy in America, Academy-Award® nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water; producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 & Capitalism: A Love Story) follow the rise of the Tea Party and the trail of money unleashed by the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling. A citizen uprising to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker collides with the Tea Party-aligned “Americans for Prosperity,” founded and lavishly financed by two of the world’s richest men — billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, who are among Walker’s biggest financial supporters. As Republican working class voters find themselves in the crosshairs of their own party and its billionaire backers, they are forced to choose sides. Weathering a storm of censorship controversy (public television officials pulled funding for the film out of fears that it would upset one of their largest donors, David Koch) CITIZEN KOCH now stands as an essential and powerful portrait of our political times.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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54%- Reviews Counted: 35
- Fresh: 19
- Rotten: 16
- Average Rating: 5.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: [The] movie, which starts off shakily, is naggingly diffuse and bumps up against the problem of recounting the freshly remembered past.
Rotten: Snaking through a tangle of interlocking ideas, threads and events, it never quite finds a unified focus.
Fresh: While one might agree or disagree with their theme, aesthetically Citizen Koch is feisty.
Fresh: "Citizen Koch" is kind of a mess. But it's a mess well worth discovering for yourself - and consider the history of its production and the situation it tries to capture.
Customer Reviews
You are more dumb after watching this
Bad storytelling. Really really bad.
Message to Kyle
Did Rush tell you to diss this documentary?
A confusing web of stories
The film tries to teach you everything, but the lack of focus most likely meant audience learned little to none, unless they already agree to everything the film makers were trying to convey.
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- $12.99
- Genre: Documentary
- Released: 2014
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