2016: Obama's America

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2016: Obama's America

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2012

1h 27m

Documentary

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Scholar and author Dinesh D'Souza delves into President Barack Obama's past for clues about America's possible future if Obama wins a second term.

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J. Hoberman

The New York Review of Books

D'Souza is loath to give offense to what he seemingly regards as America's dominant culture. Indeed, one might just as easily interpret the entirety of 2016 as evidence of D'Souza over-compensation with regards to his feeling of post-colonial...

Mar 7, 2019

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

The film is a sleepy dud, a polemic that, like D'Souza himself, is at once both outrageous and deeply boring.

Aug 31, 2012

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

The movie seems destined to irritate the president's supporters while mobilizing his detractors, even as it is doomed to win precious few converts. It's a textbook example of preaching to the choir.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 31, 2012

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Segments dealing with the college-age Obama's political activities and his later involvement with domestic terrorists like Bill Ayers are... valid and illuminating territory for viewers who haven't heard these things before.

Jun 19, 2018

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

This is neither printing the facts nor printing the legend: it's printing the flop sweat.

Rated: 3/10

Jul 4, 2015

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

"2016: Obama's America" comes to seem like clownish alarmist speculation taking place in an echo chamber of talking heads.

Rated: F

Dec 17, 2012

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Thomas H

The movie was all made up things by the producer known by the people as the Indian A$$. Don’t waste your time on a movie that was made for political motives only.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/03/24

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Eric T

Excellent, just like everything Dinesh D'Souza makes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/01/23

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Peter

It is not a documentary, but a well crafted political advertisement

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/23

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Keaton W

The man who divided a nation.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/29/21

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Audience Member

An honest look at the Obama administration

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Great movie! Everyone should watch this movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

Scholar and author Dinesh D'Souza delves into President Barack Obama's past for clues about America's possible future if Obama wins a second term.

Director: Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan
Producer: Ann Balog, Doug Sain
Screenwriter: Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan
Distributor: Rocky Mountain Pictures
Rating: PG (Brief Language|Thematic Elements|Smoking Images)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 31, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.3M
Runtime: 1h 27m

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