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2007
PG
Sony Pictures Classics
2 h 5 m

2007
PG
Sony Pictures Classics
2 h 5 m

Summary Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter's recent controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, director Jonathan Demme reveals a complex individual who, with the gusto and determination of a youngster, criss-crosses the country to get hi...

Directed By: Jonathan Demme

Written By: Jonathan Demme

2007
PG
Sony Pictures Classics
2 h 5 m

2007
PG
Sony Pictures Classics
2 h 5 m

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews

58

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

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Summary Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter's recent controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, director Jonathan Demme reveals a complex individual who, with the gusto and determination of a youngster, criss-crosses the country to get hi...

Directed By: Jonathan Demme

Written By: Jonathan Demme

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews

50% Positive
11 Reviews

45% Mixed
10 Reviews

5% Negative
1 Review

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews

50% Positive
11 Reviews

45% Mixed
10 Reviews

5% Negative
1 Review

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Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle

An intriguing document, and the first significant film ever made about a former U.S. president.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

A documentary that falls somewhere between overlong and compelling as it follows the 39th president on his controversial book tour.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

I'm still not quite sure why it's so compelling. I think this movie's appeal is overdetermined, as we used to say in sophomore Marxist-theory class, meaning that it derives from so many sources you can't keep track of them all.

By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Uncritical, but not unaffecting.

By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

The movie doesn't offer much new to anyone familiar with Carter.

By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

Thanked and vilified from coast to coast, Carter remains steadfast in his belief that Israel's policies in the Occupied Territories are unjust and counterproductive.

By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

There isn't enough revealing material in the tedious documentary Jimmy Carter Man From Plains to sustain an 800-word magazine profile, let alone a two-hour film.

By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

50% Positive
3 Ratings

33% Mixed
2 Ratings

17% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

50% Positive
3 Ratings

33% Mixed
2 Ratings

17% Negative
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Details

Production Company Armian Pictures, Clinica Estetico, Participant

Release Date Oct 26, 2007

Duration 2 h 5 m

Rating PG

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Website http://www.cartercenter.org/

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Awards

Venice Film Festival

• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations

Golden Trailer Awards

• 1 Nomination

Gotham Awards

• 1 Nomination

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