Alan M. Dershowitz, Noam Chomsky, Randall Terry
Ever since Roe v. Wade, the United States has been deeply divided on the issue of abortion. In that landmark case, an unmarried woman was refused an abortion in Texas. The judicial challenge that foll...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 11, 2008
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April 5, 2008extensive piece on the issue of abortion in america. covers both sides of the argument very well with some very graphic content of abortions and their result, physically and emotionally.
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December 11, 2007Exhaustively thorough portrait of the abortion issue in the United States.
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June 23, 2009Great movie that effectively shows both sides of the abortion debate. I don't think that the message it gave out was biased. It gets the information out in the open and lets the viewer decide for himself what he supports.
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May 28, 2009Amazing, great documentary. I love that they held nothing back, and I love the use of black and white throughout. It totally reinforces why I love documentaries.
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February 19, 2009Probably one of the best documentaries I have seen overall, goes deep in the subject on abortion and shows both sides perfectly. Beautiful black/white picture mixed with layers and layers of deep analysis from people.
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January 2, 2009Heart-wrenching and extremely hard-to-watch documentary chronicling the pro-choice/pro-life movements of the past seventy years or so. Wisely shot in black and white to give it that cold, eerie feel director Tony Kaye (American History X) provides us with another fascinating and ...( read more)
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September 24, 2008This movie scared me in SO many ways that I'm STILL trying to process it all. Nonetheless: beautifully filmed, particularly for a documentary. Fully captures the complexity of the issue. And all the bits and pieces are weaved together nicely. My only only complaint: The sco...( read more)
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September 16, 2008Another documentary I missed that I could have caught in the theater in Minneapolis. I heard it wasw also one of the best of the year for documentaries, and I'll have to catch it along with Deep Water on DVD.
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August 24, 2008In Lake of Fire, a film that Tony Kaye- director behind American History X (which he wanted to be named under the pseudonym 'Humpty Dumpty' following a loss of final cut)- has been shooting footage for over fifteen years, is about all you need to see to know the fundamentalist an...( read more)
Critic Reviews
October 26, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
October 19, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Provides gruesome, incontrovertible images to complement its deliberations about morality. full review
October 3, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
[The] film does nothing to advance the debate but does a great deal to show us what's at stake. full review
October 1, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
This sprawling, scary, nearly unbearable film [is] more important than ever. full review
April 26, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Lake wants to break through decades of encrusted rhetoric to make us think again. With one slow reveal of Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. 'Jane Roe,' the movie upends all you assumed about this subject. full review
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