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  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Bhutto tells the epic story of one of the most fascinating characters of our time — Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called the “Kennedys of Pakistan,” Benazir was elected Prime Minister after her father was overthrown and executed by his own military. Her two term...

Directed By: Duane Baughman, Johnny O'Hara

Written By: Johnny O'Hara

  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 51 m

Bhutto

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Bhutto tells the epic story of one of the most fascinating characters of our time — Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called the “Kennedys of Pakistan,” Benazir was elected Prime Minister after her father was overthrown and executed by his own military. Her two term...

Directed By: Duane Baughman, Johnny O'Hara

Written By: Johnny O'Hara

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
68
85% Positive
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Dec 6, 2010
Rather than treat its subject as the sort of martyr to democracy that makes good copy in the West, Bhutto digs deeper.
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75
Jan 7, 2011
Boasting a rock-solid academic architecture, Bhutto is a film bursting at the seams with gravitas.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 16, 2010
People called the Bhuttos "The Kennedys of Pakistan" and, in a parallel with our losses, the Pakistanis suffered the untimely deaths of Benazir, her father, and her two brothers.
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70
Dec 6, 2010
Contextualizing the prime minister's rise to power within a larger portrait of a nation under constant internal and external siege, Bhutto conveys a forceful sense of tectonic social and geopolitical shifts, as well as the courageous, heartbreaking personal sacrifices its subject made in service to both her homeland and ideals.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 6, 2010
Bhutto is smart and thorough on the inflamed history of Pakistan. But as a portrait of the first woman elected head of state in an Islamic nation, it comes closer to hero-worship than to considered biography.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 27, 2011
Part biography, part idol worship, Bhutto is a bullet train through South Asia, chronicling its subject's 54 years, a period of unrest in her nation and family.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
58
Dec 6, 2010
The Bhutto family is often referred to as the "Pakistani Kennedys." After seeing this film, that designation doesn't sound so glib anymore.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Icon Television Music, Disarming Films, Eveready Pictures, Yellow Pad Productions
Release Date Dec 3, 2010
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline You can't murder a legacy.
Website http://www.bhuttofilm.com/
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Awards

Peabody Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sonoma Valley Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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