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  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • THINKFilm
  • 2 h 32 m
  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • THINKFilm
  • 2 h 32 m

Summary Filmmaker Tony Kaye, best known for “American History X,” has been working on Lake of Fire for the past fifteen years and has made a film that is unquestionably the definitive work on the subject of abortion. Shot in luminous black and white, which is in fact an endless palette of grays, the film has the perfect aesthetic for a subject w...

Directed By: Tony Kaye

Written By: Tony Kaye

  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • THINKFilm
  • 2 h 32 m
  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • THINKFilm
  • 2 h 32 m

Lake of Fire

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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83
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary Filmmaker Tony Kaye, best known for “American History X,” has been working on Lake of Fire for the past fifteen years and has made a film that is unquestionably the definitive work on the subject of abortion. Shot in luminous black and white, which is in fact an endless palette of grays, the film has the perfect aesthetic for a subject w...

Directed By: Tony Kaye

Written By: Tony Kaye

Where to Watch

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Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor of Linguistics, MIT

Bill Baird

Self - Activist

Flip Benham

Self - Director, Operation Rescue National

Dallas Blanchard

Self - Professor of Sociology, University of West Florida

John Britton

Self - Ladies Health Center, Pensacola

Pat Buchanan

Self - Republican Presidential Candidate

John Burt

Self - Activist

Andrew Cabot

Self - Activist

Frederick Clarkson

Self - Author

Alan Dershowitz

Self - Professor of Law, Harvard

Joycelyn Elders

Self - Surgeon General, 1993-1994

Kevin Fitzpatrick

Self - Department of Sociology, University of Alabama

Mary Lou Greenberg

Self - Refuse and Resist

Michael F. Griffin

Self - Convicted of Abortion Related Murder

David Gunn Jr.

Self - Son of David Gunn

Nat Hentoff

Self - Writer

Paul Hill

Self - Convicted of Abortion Related Murder

Roger Hunt

Self - Prime Sponsor, South Dakota Anti-Abortion Bill

Alan Keyes

Self - Republican Presidential Candidate

Frances Kissling

Self - Catholics for Free Choice

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
83
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
83
100% Positive
15 Reviews
0% Mixed
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100
If nothing else, the film puts the lie to the notion that an abortion could ever be frivolous or lightly considered. On that point, everyone in Lake Of Fire agrees, whether they acknowledge the other side or not.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
90
Lake of Fire centers on abortion, but Kaye understands that while dead fetuses are the hook, the agenda covers the whole life cycle.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
88
Does find a spot closer to the middle than most.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
You may not leave the theater having switched sides, but you'll probably respect the other side more, and that in itself would be a victory for human life.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
80
At once monumental and ghostly.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
75
It's impossible to watch Tony Kaye's theatrically supercharged, equal-opportunity button-pusher without experiencing a welter of emotions -- which is just what the filmmaker planned.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
70
One lesson of Lake of Fire is the galvanizing power of the visual image. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes pictures are not enough.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
4 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
33% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
4 Ratings
0% Mixed
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33% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Anonymous Content
Release Date Oct 3, 2007
Duration 2 h 32 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 5 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination

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