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- Netflix
- Dec 15, 2017
- Netflix
- Dec 15, 2017
Summary Eric Olsen seeks to find the truth behind his father death and his connection to the CIA in this series including interviews, archival footage and reenactments featuring Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Christian Camargo, Tim Blake Nelson, Bob Balaban, Jimmi Simpson and Michael Chernus.
- Netflix
- Dec 15, 2017
- Netflix
- Dec 15, 2017
Summary Eric Olsen seeks to find the truth behind his father death and his connection to the CIA in this series including interviews, archival footage and reenactments featuring Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Christian Camargo, Tim Blake Nelson, Bob Balaban, Jimmi Simpson and Michael Chernus.
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Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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8% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
82
77% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It takes time to absorb, and invites repeated, obsessive watching. ... Mr. Morris presents a powerful historical argument in the guise of a beguiling work of cinematic art--and vice versa.
On a purely narrative level, Wormwood is consistently gripping and eye-opening, but what truly elevates it to the realm of greatness is Morris’ boundary-pushing storytelling approach. ... Redefining what a documentary can do and be.
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Based on 57 User Ratings
5.2
46% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
14% Mixed
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40% Negative
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 57 User Ratings
5.2
46% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
14% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
Conspiracy theory fake documentary about the accumulation of lies and murder that involves CIA all along the Cold War. It´s ressemblance to real life is surprising.
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SEASON 1
Wormwood is not merely a Greatest Hits; it’s a fascinating piece of filmmaking that challenges the form in new ways as it recalls themes its director has been interested in his entire career.
With Wormwood, he [Errol Morris] never promises to wrap up the mystery of Frank Olson’s death in a neat little package. It’s a son’s journey to find closure that makes this absorbing, if not slightly paranoid, series worth your time.
As the vice tightens through the elder Olson’s death and the aftermath, both the narrative drama and, even more, the story of the survivors’ quest for the truth accelerate, making the power of Morris’ distinctive approach fully felt; having come this far, it will be hard for viewers to pull themselves away during the second half of this epic.
A mildly intriguing if somewhat overwrought docu-series for Netflix
Wormwood, ultimately, is a wildly overblown embarrassment to Morris' reputation.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
I was hoping this was going to be a slightly fictionalized, fast-paced dramatization, but no, it's a boring - sorry - documentary that plays out in the '50s and '70s, ugh. Like many books you read, there's just way too much spurious, expository detail included. For me - please get to the point. As such I didn't even make it through ep 1. But see, everyone, EVERYONE knows by now that the federal govt is all about abuse of power instead of governing, that's why there is scandal after scandal after scandal. Now in the early '70s we as a people weren't so jaded yet. But since then we've seen horrible abuses by the DoD, EPA, FBI, CIA, and NSA, as well as the Office of the President with Nixon's Watergate, Reagan's Iran-Contra scandal, and the impeachment of Bill Clinton. So when "Wormwood" is revealing that the CIA did this horrible thing, my response is "tell me something I don't know." It's par for the course. Another decade, another scandal that's made public. Netflix shouldn't have commissioned this, it clearly should've been a PBS documentary.
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