Collective

Name: Collective
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 20, 2020
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 95
Cast: Catalin Tolontan, Mirela Neag, Razvan Lutac, Tedy Ursuleanu, Vlad Voiculescu

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: November 20, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Catalin Tolontan, Mirela Neag, Razvan Lutac, Tedy Ursuleanu, Vlad Voiculescu

Summary: Collective follows a heroic team of journalists as they uncover shocking, widespread corruption. After a deadly nightclub fire, the mysterious death of the owner of a powerful pharmaceutical firm, and the quiet resignation of a health minister—seemingly unrelated events, all within weeks of each other—the team of intrepid reporters exposesCollective follows a heroic team of journalists as they uncover shocking, widespread corruption. After a deadly nightclub fire, the mysterious death of the owner of a powerful pharmaceutical firm, and the quiet resignation of a health minister—seemingly unrelated events, all within weeks of each other—the team of intrepid reporters exposes a much larger, much more explosive political scandal. COLLECTIVE is a fast-paced, real-time detective story about truth, accountability, and the value of an independent press in partisan times.… Expand

Director: Alexander Nanau

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 109 min

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Liam Lacey

Nov 24, 2020

Granted a rare degree of access to reporters, and later to the Minister of Health, Collective is a tribute to people who work together to uncover the truth, even if the immediate benefits are not obvious. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Nov 20, 2020

Alexander Nanau's Collective has a propulsive energy, relentlessly building in urgency and outrage. Read full review

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Jay Weissberg

Nov 3, 2020

This is truly a documentary for our times, deserving of widespread exposure. Read full review

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Justin Chang

Nov 20, 2020

The horrors of Collective are sickeningly specific; the implications, as suggested by its comprehensive indictment of a title, are universal. Read full review

The Film Stage Vikram Murthi

Nov 3, 2020

Collective sports a procedural-like pace that keeps the information legible and the action linear. Read full review

Deborah Young

Nov 3, 2020

In Collective, Nanau's observational style of filmmaking reaches emotional depths. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Oct 30, 2020

There’s deja vu in watching Tolontan deal with Romanian TV, which eagerly follows his team’s reporting each night, but which cannot resist from shooting at the messenger when he appears on their talk shows, losing the thread and forgetting the real victims here. Read full review

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katezoe

Feb 10, 2021

A government run amok with corruption behind every door. Incredible access given to the filmmakers. It is one of the best documentaries of 2020 and a possible Oscar Nominee in that category.

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EmanuelPop

Dec 10, 2020

The horrors of Collective are sickeningly specific; the implications, as suggested by its comprehensive indictment of a title, are universal.

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LisaLR1

Jan 5, 2021

COLLECTIVE is a powerful, shocking documentary directed by Alexander Nanau exploring the aftermath of the October 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest, Romania which killed 64 people, 26 at the site, 38 in hospitals, injuring 146. With a new election year looming, Journalists and aCOLLECTIVE is a powerful, shocking documentary directed by Alexander Nanau exploring the aftermath of the October 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest, Romania which killed 64 people, 26 at the site, 38 in hospitals, injuring 146. With a new election year looming, Journalists and a newly appointed Minister of Health investigate the hospital deaths and expose a corrupt health care system in Romania that has years of unscrupulous political involvement and interference. The film is a very timely exposé on how absolute power corrupts absolutely.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Mar 5, 2021

When a tragic 2015 fire in Bucharest's Colectiv nightclub killed 64 and injured 143, with 37 of the victims dying after the fact, primarily from hospital infections, the event launched a sweeping investigation into the Romanian health care system. This revelation, which was brought to lightWhen a tragic 2015 fire in Bucharest's Colectiv nightclub killed 64 and injured 143, with 37 of the victims dying after the fact, primarily from hospital infections, the event launched a sweeping investigation into the Romanian health care system. This revelation, which was brought to light by a team of reporters from a daily sports journal of all things, led to the dissolution of the government and a probing look into the nation's hospital network, exposing system-wide corruption that had been in place long before the catalytic event that spurred this inquiry. "Collective" relates the unfolding of these events through unprecedented access to the journalists and reformers who sought to expose a system where patient care was secondary to the self-serving interests of politically connected administrators and their crooked affiliates. However, while director Alexander Nanau's impressive and authentic documentary is indeed a remarkable piece of investigative journalism, its raw footage approach to the presentation of its material is often dry and talky, failing to stoke the kind of outraged emotional response that a work like this should handily accomplish. It thus plays more like a radio report on film than an engaging cinematic presentation, diluting much of the impact that its findings should generate. Sadly, the victims of this tragedy truly deserve more, not only from the government that let them down, but also from the vehicle through which their story was told.… Expand

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