The Great Hack

critic Reviews

, 85% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • The Great Hack offers an alarming glimpse of the way data is being weaponized for political gain -- and what it might mean for future elections.
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    Scott BryanBBC.com
    I think the problem about this documentary is that it makes so many different sweeping generalisations.
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    Andrea GronvallChicago Reader
    [A] provocative, buzzy documentary.
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    Peter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    This is a scary movie... [And] there's a lot of interesting characters.
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    Kevin MaherTimes (UK)
    This high-profile... documentary about the Cambridge Analytica scandal is... frequently gripping, gorgeous to watch, occasionally thought-provoking, always entertaining and yet, ultimately, a tiny bit vapid.
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    Alissa WilkinsonVox
    The Great Hack isn't revealing much that hasn't been reported elsewhere, but it's powerful in the ways it does so.
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    Lucy Hunter JohnstonLondon Evening Standard
    [T]he show is worth watching to make you re-evaluate the use of data and the willingness of the powerful to corrupt.
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    Brett Michael DykesUproxx
    We live in a world connected with most of our interactions happening online. It's great but, as this doc shows, it's also terrifying.
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    Taylor BakerDrink in the Movies
    If you want me to save you roughly two hours, data rights are important and we need to talk about how to categorize them and hold large data companies accountable.
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    Candice McMillanKOMO News (Seattle)
    Great documentaries strike a cord that reverberates back into the world ... If the legal threat dangling over Netflix is any indication of its successful dissemination of truth, then perhaps we are in for a load of trouble.
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    Rocco T. ThompsonScreen Rant
    Timely and frightening, Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer's The Great Hack explores the furor surrounding Cambridge Analytica and how social media factored into the 2016 presidential election.
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