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Movie Overview
Director
• Steve Skrovan
• Henriette Mantel
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
An Unreasonable Man (2007)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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3/5
"A good mixture, but it all comes back to Nader's disputed sainthood and the debate is heavily stacked. It seems easy to like Nader and that's the problem: There's no serious conflict."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

B
"By presenting both sides, even if unequally, the film manages to do something like justice to an important if controversial figure."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

4/5
"A thought-provoking documentary about Ralph Nader as a zealot for justice, consumer rights, and meaningful democracy."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

B+
"An Unreasonable Man makes a convincing argument for Ralph Nader's rectitude; it's a deservingly glowing portrait, with warts-and-all, that's about as good as video talking head documentaries get."  Cinepinion  Henry Stewart

"This fascinating documentary examines the issues raised by Nader's runs for the presidency...that shone a powerful light into our grubby political shadows, and also played a part...that twice put George W. Bush into the White House."  Film.com  Jonathan F. Richards

3/5
"It does vividly capture the ambitious advocate as not just an outsider, but a stymied and stunned political pariah."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

B
"An unreasonable man? Or an extraordinary American? Mantel and Skrovan's partial documentary ends up a complex portrait of a man who is both."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3.5/4
"Ultimately, Mantel and Skrovan achieve the goal of reminding a generation that grew up enjoying the protections that Nader had spearheaded. But they also frankly acknowledge that the very qualities that made him an incorruptible activist also blinded him."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

"[K]ind of sad, and kind of telling -- this truly is a man who has dedicated his life to his work, and his work is us..."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4/5
"An Unreasonable Man takes the story of a man usually associated with being an egomaniac, megalomaniac and even psychologically disturbed and creates a fascinating account of a man typically known just for rabblerousing two elections."  Film Threat  Michael Ferraro

2.5/4
"An Unreasonable Man's allowance for differing viewpoints becomes a bit of a smokescreen, with the film revealing its true goal of reputation restoration."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

B+
"An Unreasonable Man shows us how one individual, albeit a very special one in Ralph Nader, can change the world."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

3.5/4
"A substantive and fairly balanced overview of 'Citizen Nader's' decades-long rise and sudden, precipitous fall from liberal political grace."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight
OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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