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74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    All emerge as vivid historical figures in this lucid account.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    80
    The first full-scale documentary about the history of those years, and it lays out lucidly the involvement of the Communist Party in the young men's defense and the ways in which the trials, against the backdrop of the Depression, replayed the murderous quarrels of the Civil War all over again.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    70
    Goodman and Anker adroitly shape a cohesive drama out of a complicated history.
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