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  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Warner Home Video
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Warner Home Video
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary The Case Against 8 takes a riveting, inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Five years in the making, with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the powerhouse legal team of Ted Olson and David Boies, who previously faced off as opposing counsel in Bush v...

Directed By: Ben Cotner, Ryan White

Written By: Ben Cotner, Ryan White

  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Warner Home Video
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Warner Home Video
  • 1 h 49 m

The Case Against 8

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable
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Summary The Case Against 8 takes a riveting, inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Five years in the making, with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the powerhouse legal team of Ted Olson and David Boies, who previously faced off as opposing counsel in Bush v...

Directed By: Ben Cotner, Ryan White

Written By: Ben Cotner, Ryan White

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Jun 3, 2014
The stirring new documentary The Case Against 8, showcasing the lawyers and plaintiffs who challenged California's 2008 gay marriage ban, is the best kind of popular history, a film that trembles with tears and hope, and I dare you to get through it without bawling some yourself.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 12, 2014
A sprawling yet engrossing documentary.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 9, 2015
The music busts a gut straining for weepie affect, but you might shed a few yourself when the five-year battle reaches its jubilant, justified climax.
By Kevin Harley FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 5, 2014
With its action taking place primarily in the beige-walled, wood-accented environs of legal offices and courthouses, The Case Against 8 compensates for its visual blandness with good old-fashioned storytelling.
By Genevieve Koski FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 3, 2014
The documentary is strongest during these conference-room brainstorms, similar to those of a political campaign. (It could have used more of Boies’s witness-demolishing courtroom eloquence.) The draw here is watching a careful process unfold, regardless of the outcome.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 3, 2014
As passionate and wide-ranging as you'd hope, but disappointingly mistrusting of its audience's interest in the finer points of the case.
By Patrick Peters FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 23, 2014
The film is an almost overly thorough look at every single step along the way in the battle to bring Prop 8 down. And while that's admirable, and gay rights is certainly a fight that needs to be documented, the minutely detailed The Case Against 8 has the curious effect of dampening the drama through its approach.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Moore's Filmed Goods and Services, Tripod Media
Release Date Jun 6, 2014
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline Battles are won because they are fought.
Website http://www.thecaseagainst8.com/
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 3 Nominations
RiverRun International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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