Electoral Dysfunction
Metascore
42 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Sep 27, 2012
    60
    Both well-timed and oddly late-on-arrival, the good-natured documentary Electoral Dysfunction attempts to lay bare the irregularities behind the American voting system but, for some, it may feel too lightweight and coy for genuine effect.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Sep 25, 2012
    60
    A timely look at an important issue that's getting more hotly contested every month, Electoral Dysfunction takes a mildly jocular tone to get viewers concerned about what it calls a "war on voting" in America.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: David DeWitt
    Sep 25, 2012
    60
    It's pleasant. It treats Democrats and Republicans respectfully, and its humor, with the comic Mo Rocca as guide, is closer to Garrison Keillor than to Michael Moore.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Sep 25, 2012
    30
    The result being a film that, devoid of both laugh-out-loud humor and the righteous indignation that characterizes most agitprop efforts, winds up being just a voting-for-dummies primer.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Sep 25, 2012
    30
    Satirist and "Daily Show" ex-contributor Mo Rocca's faux-disingenuous tone and nonstop jocularity dominate the documentary to quickly grating effect, significantly diminishing its impact.

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