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  1. ChadS.
    May 8, 2005
    7
    The inclusion of footage showing President George W. Bush defending his death row record in Texas is a distraction. That's the film you'd rather see. "Deadline" is a curiously inert piece of filmmaking; the only real passion coming from the testimonies of the Victims' Families for Reconciliation. This is, perhaps, an unfair thing to say, but if you had black filmmakers, people incapable of being objective about what happened to them, more rage might've bubbled to the surface, thus "Deadline" would be a more dynamic film. If there are innocent people being sentenced to death by the state, this is no time to be subtle. For example; a montage of the KKK to get across the point that capital punishment are legalized lynchings.… Expand
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71 out of 100

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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    70
    At 92 minutes this could hardly be considered a definitive statement, yet its combination of high drama and carefully articulated principle delivers quite a punch.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    A sober, even low-key documentary about how the American death penalty system is broken and probably can’t be fixed.
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    75
    A prime example of advocacy journalism--a form often criticized but perfectly honorable. Most importantly, it gives you a chance to ruminate on some crucial questions of human error, justice and life-and-death.
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