Knock Down the House

Name: Knock Down the House
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 1, 2019
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, Darryl Gray, Isra Allison

2019

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Netflix | Release Date: May 1, 2019 | PG

Starring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, Darryl Gray, Isra Allison, Joe Crowley, Jozette Figueredo, Paula Jean Swearengin, Paula Jean Swearingen, Riley Roberts, Ruschell Boone, Sagar Deshpande, Saikat Chakrabarti, Shalynne Figueredo, Zoltan Boka

Summary: A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.

Director: Rachel Lears

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 86 min

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Richard Roeper

Apr 30, 2019

Director Lears and co-writer/editor Robin Blotnick had the benefit of knowing the outcomes when they put together the film, so it’s easy to understand why Ocasio-Cortez is the primary focus. But they do an excellent job of weaving in the stories of the three equally impressive candidates. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Feb 1, 2019

Knock Down the House has a clear political agenda. It wants to promote the hard work, courage and progressive policies of these women, who have all experienced financial hardship. Still, the film lets its subjects do the talking instead of cluttering things with statistics. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Apr 30, 2019

Exuberant. Read full review

The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Feb 1, 2019

Knock Down The House is far more effective when it is about the people and the process, not landing quips. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

May 2, 2019

Lears’s lens captures not just the candidates, but the volunteers—scrappy, seasoned canvassers and callers, smoking cigarettes in Nevada or crowding on porches in West Virginia. This is the process. Read full review

Gary Thompson

Apr 30, 2019

Their personal stories are just as interesting, and taken together, they add insight into our nation’s unusual political moment, equal parts instability and possibility. Read full review

The Telegraph Helen Brown

May 9, 2019

The relentlessly one-sided emotional manipulation is grating. Read full review

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fra92

May 1, 2019

AOC is what this world needs. She is smart, funny and witty. It's an important documentary that everybody should watch!

15 of 51 users found this helpful1536

Pyroa

May 6, 2019

Obviously this film is not for you if you lean heavily right-wing/conservative. Otherwise, though, it is certianly worth the watch, as this film is much less about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's politics than it is about the newly-forming effort to give women and the working class a voice in theObviously this film is not for you if you lean heavily right-wing/conservative. Otherwise, though, it is certianly worth the watch, as this film is much less about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's politics than it is about the newly-forming effort to give women and the working class a voice in the U.S. government. Don't trust the user reviews; the users who rated this film 0/10 likely have not seen it.… Expand

1 of 14 users found this helpful113

GenXY

May 2, 2019

Welcome to the modern day Divided States of Embarrassment. Can't even have a documentary about actual happenings if the politics don't line up, the internet hive minds are at work.

6 of 24 users found this helpful618

Steyraus

May 8, 2019

This is pure propaganda, plain and simple. This type of movie that just buries the truth and focuses in on the good thing is very dangerous and it shows that her actions in government are not help her popularity, so they have twisted this in a fantasy movie to make her look good.

11 of 14 users found this helpful113

frankthetank420

Aug 6, 2020

Woke morons try to destroy the country in a movie. What more can you ask for. This is a prime example of how disconnected hollywood is from reality, and is a poorly made film rife with partisanship and misleading messaging.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

yersinia666

May 1, 2019

AOC is an anomaly, a sign that any incompetent and self-important person can rise to become a member of the government. Inane non-solutions coupled with identity politics, her arguments make no sense and don't resolve any problem. A book could be written with her stupid quotes such as "WeAOC is an anomaly, a sign that any incompetent and self-important person can rise to become a member of the government. Inane non-solutions coupled with identity politics, her arguments make no sense and don't resolve any problem. A book could be written with her stupid quotes such as "We Need to ‘Invent Technology That’s Never Been Invented’. Thanks AOC but you should go back to bar-tending or selling nachos or whatever she's qualified for.… Expand

22 of 35 users found this helpful2213

SuperMax156

May 1, 2019

These clueless imbeciles should be kept as far away from the levers of power as possible. I wouldn't trust any of these morons to deliver a pizza.

30 of 50 users found this helpful3020

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