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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    This is an op-ed polemic, and it's refreshing to see one so skillfully produced by filmmakers with a shoestring budget and meager access to mainstream distribution. A must-see movie, no matter what your politics are.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    The fourth documentary screed this summer to have grown out of the left's frustration with the nation's turn to the right. Keep 'em coming, I say.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    Capable of astonishing even the already cynical.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    75
    A hardly fair, not especially balanced broadside that has the advantage of being correct.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    70
    The result is a fast-paced, brilliantly edited indictment that's as hard to turn away from as it is infuriating to watch. The irony, of course, is that Greenwald deploys the tricks of the trade every bit as knowingly as the evil geniuses at Fox.
  6. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    70
    While largely effective, Greenwald's documentary is not a complete success.
  7. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    67
    Greenwald's doc is pure partisan warfare of the liberal stripe, to be sure, but that doesn't make it any less disturbing.
  8. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    63
    Partially financed by the liberal Move On.org, speaks most eloquently when it lets Fox News do the talking.
  9. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Halter
    60
    Already a top-selling DVD thanks to PR support from moveon.org, numerous media outlets, political blogs, and even Doonesbury, Outfoxed argues that Fox News's pro-Republican bias is top-down.
  10. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    When those talking heads metamorphose into familiar ranting heads, it becomes another mesmerizing right-wing horror show.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    60
    Left-wing filmmaker's attempt to call foul on megamedia owner Murdoch's exclamation-point news network.
  12. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    Outfoxed would have benefited from a greater exploration of exactly why Fox News has become so popular and so trusted by its viewers.
  13. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    50
    When you watch Greenwald's barrage of pirated Fox News footage -- his filmmaking techniques are clearly testing the outer limits of the "fair use" doctrine, and may yet land him in court -- it's an overwhelming experience well beyond the hoot-inducing moments.
  14. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    50
    Keeps its filmmakers behind the camera and does without the personality-driven "Fahrenheit's" sarcastic sense of humor.
  15. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    50
    Outfoxed will inevitably be discussed in the same breath (or with the same hyperventilating rage) as Michael Moore's ''Fahrenheit 9/11,'' but it lacks both the showmanship and the scope of that incendiary film.
  16. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    50
    The film lacks the accompanying media spotlight that boosted the Moore release and therefore appears unlikely to reach beyond a liberal audience with an already vehement aversion to Fox News' partisan coverage.
  17. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    50
    Paints an often grave but sometimes hilarious picture of a hugely powerful network.
  18. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    40
    In throwing hatchets at Murdoch and his silly Fox network while pretending the rest of the media world is fine and objective, the film comes across as a shrill, one-note slam against a very easy target.
  19. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    25
    This furious finger-pointer's doc is so one-sided, it undermines its own integrity.
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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. JmesB.
    10
    A compelling and, no doubt, accurate look how the FOX NEWS channel does business. Entertaining and very funny at times, this is a must-see for regular viewers of 24 hour cable news. As another reviewer noted, the people that really need to watch this will not. Even if you are a venomous left-wing liberal who feels that you do need to see this, go ahead and watch it anyway. Why should you sleep better than me?… Full Review »
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