Citizen Koch

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Citizen Koch

2014

1h 50m

Documentary

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Filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin examine the struggle between money and democracy.

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Geoff Pevere

Globe and Mail

07/25/2014

The movie bleakly emphasizes the sense of debilitating powerlessness of the average citizen without the means to bring anything but their vote to the ballot box.

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Alonso Duralde

TheWrap

06/27/2014

If the real triumph of the Tea Party is getting middle- and working-class citizens to vote against their own best interests, it's going to take a documentary more passionate and more revelatory than this one to make that point.

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

06/19/2014

3/4

If you have a shred of idealism left, it's hard to watch "Citizen Koch" without a mounting sense of despair and outrage over the influence that money has come to wield over modern elections.

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Jennifer Merin

About.com

09/25/2014

If you value civic equality and civil liberties, Citizen Koch is a must see.

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Kevin Jagernauth

The Playlist

08/24/2014

C

For those who didn't know how flawed and manipulated the act of casting a ballot has become, "Citizen Koch" is a decent primer, but for everyone else long past the tipping point, this is just more evidence for a problem that currently has no solution.

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Jeff Baker

Oregonian

07/18/2014

C+

It tosses out a lot of information and doesn't pull it into a compelling movie.

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04/05/2016

I didn't think it was as bad as the critics are giving it. Definitely gives a nice understanding of the Citizens United Bill, Koch Brothers, Tea Party, and all that other good stuff. It can also be racist as hell sometimes (not the doc, the people they were showing). Good Concept, Decent execution.

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08/11/2015

loads of money plus politics equals shit

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02/26/2015

The world needs to know what is happening!

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12/31/2014

Just because I largely agree doesn't mean it was a good documentary...

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11/12/2014

Every American needs to watch this movie.

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11/04/2014

On Election Day; it seems only appropriate to see a well filmed scary documentary. What makes it scarier is that it's real!

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Synopsis

Filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin examine the struggle between money and democracy.

Director: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
Producer: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin, Gillian Caldwell
Screenwriter: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
Distributor: Variance Films
Production Co: Elsewhere Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 6, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $153.9K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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