- Summary:
- Director: Spencer McCall
- Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mystery, Crime, Documentary
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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70Complaints that there's too little here about how the Jejune Institute was hatched or what it all may have meant matter little in the face of the one great thing The Institute does offer: a record of the mad invention of the game's masterminds.
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70It’s compelling throughout, and profoundly moving at times, even when it rings false, which is often. It’s a divisive, shadowy conversation-starter of a movie that’s as much fun to talk and think about as it is to watch.
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60Because The Institute is largely framed as if the viewer were a co-player in Jejune's game, the film is an experience that's fun and frustrating in equal measure.
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50The Institute stumbles between documentary and exploratory simulation, at once confusing and pedantic.
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Oct 3, 201350A ludicrous, yet oddly engaging documentary.
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Oct 2, 201325A lazily constructed documentary that doesn't hide first-time director Spencer McCall's admitted lack of understanding for his subject.
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