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Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAlong with its historical value, The Weather Underground is also a terrific movie, energetic, and articulate. It's the don't-miss documentary of the season.
- 88Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrEssential viewing for anyone who wants to know the roots -- and perils -- of modern political dissent.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhether the protest movement hastened the end of the Vietnam War is hard to say, but it is likely that Lyndon Johnson's decision not to run for re-election was influenced by the climate it helped to create.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThis terrifically smart and solid piece of filmmaking lets the former Weathermen, now in their 50's and older, speak into the camera and reveal a bit of their personal histories as well as what the peace movement meant to them.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumFascinating documentary.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChroniclePowerful and surprisingly timely.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe documentary plays it down the middle, neither condemning nor romanticizing the political outlaws, but making sense of who they were and what they did.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanOne leaves with barely a clue as to how this group was able to orchestrate a successful string of terror bombings.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickFilmmakers Sam Green and Bill Siegel tend to shy from tough questions, allowing their subjects to wax nostalgic about bomb-throwing as yet another youthful folly of the '70s. That's tougher to swallow than some boomers' claims they didn't inhale.