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- 2014
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 23 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 23 m
Summary In Februrary, 2011, 32-year old Matthew VanDyke left Baltimore and set off for Libya to help rebels overthrow the country’s dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a video camera in the other, he struggled to achieve political revolution and personal transformation.
- 2014
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 23 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 23 m
Point and Shoot
65
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Summary In Februrary, 2011, 32-year old Matthew VanDyke left Baltimore and set off for Libya to help rebels overthrow the country’s dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a video camera in the other, he struggled to achieve political revolution and personal transformation.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
65
61% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
35% Mixed
8 Reviews
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4% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
65
61% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
35% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Via his subject’s idiosyncracies – VanDyke is a habitual hand-washer and diagnosed OCD-ite – Curry starts to weave a subtle, but nonetheless eloquent critique not just of one man's compulsions, but a culture's.
Despite his neuroses, VanDyke displays self-awareness and humility, and a charisma that ranges from the goofiness of Owen Wilson to the grandiosity of his hero, Lawrence of Arabia.
Adventurer, narcissist or both? Marshall Curry’s riveting study of a momma’s boy turned freedom fighter never editorialises, leaving us to decide.
Point and Shoot is a fascinating, frequently frustrating documentary.
A compelling account of an ordinary guy who transformed himself through extraordinary circumstance.
Point and Shoot consequently feels like a film made by a storyteller — not a journalist — who doesn't know he can ask follow-up questions.
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Production Company
The Orchard,
ITVS International,
Marshall Curry Productions LLC,
P.O.V./American Documentary
Release Date Oct 31, 2014
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Gotham Awards
• 2 Nominations
Little Rock Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination