Merchants of Doubt

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Merchants of Doubt

PG-13

Released Mar 6, 2015

1h 36m

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Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.

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Merchants of Doubt is a thought-provoking documentary assembled with energy and style, even if it doesn't dig as deep as it could.

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A movie about manufactured consensus would be a vital public service. But "Merchants of Doubt" isn't quite that movie.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 9, 2015

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William Goss

Austin Chronicle

...largely preaches to the left-leaning choir with plenty of hissable sound bites and a generally glib tone that undercuts an otherwise understandable sense of righteous indignation.

Apr 8, 2015

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Aside from an eye-opening investigation of useless and harmful flame repellents pumped into furniture, it sticks to climate change without broadening its scope to other examples of corporate spinning, which must be plentiful.

Rated: B-

Apr 3, 2015

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Cate Marquis

AWFJ.org

A documentary about this kind of insidious industry, so-called experts hired to create public uncertainty about science topics, underscores a flaw in modern news reporting that more people need to know about.

Oct 7, 2021

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Nikki Baughan

AWFJ.org

Fascinating and blood-boiling in equal measure.

Oct 7, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A criminally underseen documentary.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 16, 2020

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Georgan G

Have know about all this for decades. Makes me mad to even watch this since nothing has changed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Audience Member

Explains what motivates the deniers to take such an ignorant stance. The effectiveness of distraction is also masterfully displayed through the magicians.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

I can't ever remember saying, "Wow...what an asshole!" as much as while watching this documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

scientists vs. tobacco, big pharma, climate change deniers lobbyists. a great documentary showcasing charm trumping solid facts. one big punch in the gut!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

it was interesting, but, nothing that we didn't know already about the Tobacco industry and the climate change concerns

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

This documentary stirs up anxiety about our now "bought and sold democracy" to evil companies such as Koch Brothers, ExxonMobil, etc.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.

Director: Robert Kenner
Producer: Melissa Robledo, Robert Kenner
Screenwriter: Robert Kenner, Kim Roberts
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Participant Media, Omidyar Network
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $305.6K
Runtime: 1h 36m

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