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  • 2020
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  • HBO
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • HBO

Summary The two-part documentary directed by Alex Gibney and Javier Alberto Botero delves into Russia's interference with the 2016 U.S. election with videos of troll farms and interviews with the lead prosecutor for the Mueller Investigation Andrew Weissmann, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCab, former CIA Director John Brennan, and Trump ca...

  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • HBO

Agents of Chaos

Season 1 Premiere: Sep 23, 2020
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 41 User Ratings
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Summary The two-part documentary directed by Alex Gibney and Javier Alberto Botero delves into Russia's interference with the 2016 U.S. election with videos of troll farms and interviews with the lead prosecutor for the Mueller Investigation Andrew Weissmann, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCab, former CIA Director John Brennan, and Trump ca...

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100
Sep 17, 2020
A two-part documentary of searing power on more than a few counts, including its wealth of merciless facts. ... The forces that once set about determining the outcome of an American election know no endings—they are alive and well. That recognition is the burning heart of this documentary so affecting in its passion and extraordinary in its conception.
By Dorothy Rabinowitz FULL REVIEW
90
Sep 23, 2020
Agents of Chaos, is not for the weak of stomach. ... Fortunately, he knows how to lighten the load. Imagine a four-hour Frontline investigation with a sense of humor and a rock-and-roll soundtrack — that’s Agents of Chaos in a nutshell.
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88
Sep 22, 2020
It’s wearing and exhausting to go over all this again. But that’s nothing, the film suggests, to how alarming we should be that millions of our fellow citizens don’t look at Russia today with revulsion and fear — that they and we and Trump are remaking our democracy in Russia’s corrupt, autocratic image.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 24, 2020
While Agents of Chaos may not come to any concrete conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election, it makes a pretty damning case that the Russians definitely had some influence, and that US intelligence officials were slow on the uptake in fighting it.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
76
Sep 21, 2020
There are reasons to sit down and carefully watch Agents of Chaos. A refresher course on all dubious international activities starting from 2014 Crimean Crisis onward never hurt anyone for civic responsibility’s sake. But an argument to reach for this documentary for a highlight reel of Russian/Trump crimes seems weak—grab a newspaper.
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70
Sep 22, 2020
It's interesting and involving to watch the filmmaker's mind at work even at an arduous running time of four cumulative hours. But Agents of Chaos may not move anybody's understanding beyond that "uncertainty," and if your instinct is to prefer decisive perspectives or answers, this may not be satisfying.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 23, 2020
With dozens of key players, it’s all too easy to get a bit lost in the weeds. But for as much research as Gibney and company clearly did in order to build the series on firm ground, in the absence of any rock solid answers, “Agents of Chaos” ends up drawing frustratingly simplistic connections between its more fascinating themes.
By Caroline Framke FULL REVIEW
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  • HBO Documentary Films
  • Investigative Studios
  • Jigsaw Productions
Initial Release Date: Sep 23, 2020
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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