- Release Date: Jan 12, 2011
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- Summary:
- Director: Michel Negroponte
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Positive: 2 out of 5
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Mixed: 3 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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80While the film is occasionally frustrating in its lack of analysis, it nonetheless delivers a riveting portrait of the driven and troubled Mugianis.
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60The film, though, might have been more powerful with a little less grit. A few minutes of dispassionate discussion by experts about ibogaine and the obstacles to its legalization in the United States would have enhanced the film without damaging its street cred.
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60As a character study and revelation of a possible answer to addiction, the docu rocks. But Negroponte's low-res video camera, trivializes the film's already crude approximations of psychedelic experiences and its recordings of shamanistic rituals.
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Jan 11, 201160The question remains: Is Mugianis a shaman or sham?