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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary With a mix of rabble-rousing outrage and audacious comedy, Russell Brand examines how bank bailouts have left the 99% high and dry—taking his message straight to the top as he fearlessly confronts the corporations and political leaders responsible. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Michael Winterbottom

Written By: Russell Brand, Michael Winterbottom

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m

The Emperor's New Clothes

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Summary With a mix of rabble-rousing outrage and audacious comedy, Russell Brand examines how bank bailouts have left the 99% high and dry—taking his message straight to the top as he fearlessly confronts the corporations and political leaders responsible. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Michael Winterbottom

Written By: Russell Brand, Michael Winterbottom

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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100
Dec 17, 2015
Advocacy documentaries simply don't get better or more compelling than this.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 17, 2015
Brand is a winning – cuddly even – bridge between his film’s ideology and the wider world.
By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 17, 2015
It can be hard to take someone so pleased with himself seriously, but amid his grandstanding, Brand does offer some solutions to problems many of us rightfully feel are intractable.
By Meave Gallagher FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 16, 2015
The Emperor’s New Clothes is moderately effective agitprop.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
42
Dec 16, 2015
When a documentary feels obliged to spend a few minutes explaining what “300 years” means, it crosses the line from simple and straightforward to condescending.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 18, 2015
Worse still: because The Emperor's New Clothes is often beholden to the whims of Brand (star of "Get Him to the Greek," and that tedious "Arthur" remake nobody saw), it too often feels like "Button-Pushing Encounters with Russell Brand."
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 14, 2015
It's more about hyping Russell Brand as a constituent for the people than locating the means for sustained economic transformation.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Revolution Films
Release Date Dec 16, 2015
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Unrated
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