C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
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62 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: CSA: The Confederate States of America, through the eyes of a faux documentary, takes a look at an America where the South won the Civil War. Supposedly produced by a British broadcasting company, the feature film is presented as a production being shown, controversially, for the first time on television in the States. (IFC Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    A brilliant and irresistible counterfactual overview of American history.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    75
    As a coherent, well-judged alternative history, the movie's a mess. As a thought-provoking and frequently hilarious jeremiad, it scores again and again.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Adam Nayman
    60
    C.S.A. isn't subtle, but its undisguised indignation places it in the same bold polemical tradition as Peter Watkins' incendiary "Punishment Park" (1971), that nightmarish slice of speculative sci-fi about government-sanctioned manhunts for hippies and dissidents.
  4. Empire
    Reviewed by: Helen O'Hara
    60
    This is a clever premise stretched perhaps a little too far.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. MarkM.
    9
    Absorbing and provocative film with a thoughtful, cutting sense of humor. With the exception of JFK, I'd say the director does a great job constructing a plausible parallel history that incorporates actual historical figures. Should we just be happy the South lost? Or did the USA post-1865 take on more aspects of the CSA than most of us care to admit?… Collapse
  2. Spongeee
    8
    The Village Voice blurb above is very true, but I think the movie was much better than just average. It has a lot of dark comedy in...I laughed while others didnt at times...and by the end, I felt rewarded for watching the film.… Expand
  3. TracyB.
    6
    Interesting and i would recommend seeing- but the budet, including the use of several actors in mutliple roles, made it feel more like a film school graduating thesis.… Expand
  4. LeeA.
    0
    Reverse Racism Crap !! if the color of a man is to blame for slavery or racism then this Racist is truly a Real Racist people Need to find a better way of Educating them selfs !! This Film was racially motivated in a bad way he blames Not Only the slave owners but all white people based on skin color kevin willmott Proves all Races including Africans can judge other races by the color of there skin.… Expand

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