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Movie Overview
Director
• Barbet Schroeder
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Terror's Advocate (2007)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh
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"As riveting as it is dizzying, Schroeder's documentary thriller takes a mesmerising ad hominem approach to twentieth century terror, offering up for our judgement an advocate whose views ought to be indefensible."  Channel 4 Film  Anton Bitel

"Though the film comes with a warning that it expresses only the point of view of its director, in reality, what Schroeder seems to offer is a portrait of a glib man who simply defies any conclusive description."  european-films.net  Boyd van Hoeij

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"Terror's Advocate elucidates the character and defense mechanisms of a man much more complex and radical than the George Bushes of the world."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"If Terror's Advocate doesn't precisely interrogate the rise of terrorism, it does look at its romance and consider its effectiveness."  Nitrate Online  Cynthia Fuchs

2/4
"Scarcely an exposé, Terror's Advocate is more plainly a portrait of a man as a timeline."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

3.5/5
"This fascinating documentary is sort of like a radical left-wing "Where's Waldo?""  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

"[I]ntriguing enough, if a bit dry. But then a flick that seemed newsy, almost wonky, turns riveting..."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"A brilliantly shrewd and maddeningly elusive figure, controversial lawyer Jacques Vergès alternately fascinates and repulses in Barbet Schroeder's gripping documentary."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh
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