• Release Date: Dec 12, 2003
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  • Summary: In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts. (Films Transit International)
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  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Intelligent, revealing, and sometimes hilarious.
  2. Reviewed by: Ward Harkavy
    80
    Like the best documentaries, this one raises questions instead of providing pat answers. If only Devlin had taken his intrepid reporting a few steps further.
  3. Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    80
    Filmmaker Devlin details this complicated series of events with clarity, a sense of drama and more than a few touches of dark humor.
  4. Reviewed by: Mark Jenkins
    50
    An instructive account of the perils of attempting to privatize decrepit public utilities in countries with stagnant economies.

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