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      Merchants of Doubt

      PG-13 Released Mar 6, 2015 1 hr. 36 min. Documentary List
      85% 89 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 22 Buy Now

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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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      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 Full Review john l What's fun is to watch this movie and then find the negative reviews. The movie literally explains them and their process of denying science, and then they come and review the movie itself. Amazing. Great movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/20 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review leong c Impactful, fact-driven, an eye-opener of how government and corporations make fools out of the public... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Nikki Baughan AWFJ.org Fascinating and blood-boiling in equal measure. Oct 7, 2021 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A criminally underseen documentary. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 16, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.
      Director
      Robert Kenner
      Executive Producer
      Jeff Skoll, Pierre Omidyar, Diane Weyermann
      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
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