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Sheriff

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60
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Daniel Kraus

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 9, 2005

Running Time: 76 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Ronald E. Hewett

At once brutal, bizarre and funny, Sheriff is a feature-length documentary movie that employs the pure cinema verite technique of Frederick Wiseman: no interviews, no music, no voice-overs. The result is an unexpected, intimate portrait of a complex man trying to do good in a bad, bad world. (Go Pictures)

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80

Chicago Reader Cliff Doerksen

The detail captured by Kraus's scrupulously neutral camera adds up to a fascinating, fully realized portrait of the man and the job.

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70

Variety Dennis Harvey

Equal parts colorful character study and real-world procedural, docu by Daniel Kraus retains interest throughout, even if it delivers just partial insight into the man, job and milieu.

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70

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

But without taking anything away from Frederick Wiseman, who remains a master, Sheriff is almost as good any documentary he's made.

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63

New York Post Russell Scott Smith

An admirably realistic portrait of police life.

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60

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

There's no downside to a reminder that not every beefy, God-talking sheriff is a bigoted cracker, and Kraus' short, no-frills documentary is a model of fly-on-the-wall filmmaking.

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The New York Times Anita Gates

Sheriff may have a point to make about the impact of family, roots and religion on the changing face of rural America, but the film, while admirably restrained and competently made, is too polite to clarify that.

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60

Film Threat Merle Bertrand

A stripped-down, small town "COPS" without the flashy editing and hip-hop soundtrack.

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50

Village Voice David Blaylock

There's so little meat to his likable subject that the endeavor proves less "Cops" and more "The Andy Griffith Show."

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Some of the material is dramatic, other bits are dull.

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What Our Users Said

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