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Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
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70 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Starring: John Kerry
  • Summary: This documentary takes an inside look at John Kerry, where he has come from, and how these roots have driven him forward in his public life. (ThinkFilm)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Absorbing.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    100
    Potent and eye-opening documentary.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Butler is in no way a hot-headed or contentious piece of agit-prop, unlike so many other election year documentaries; like Kerry himself, the film speaks to the mind, not the emotions.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. KimR.
    10
    It is September 2005, and I cried at the end of this film from an overwheming sense that we have all made a terrible mistake - this man should be in the White House - as our President.… Expand
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