Chicago 10
Reactions
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“"Chicago 10" is all about rage and ridicule, kids against the cops. And when it's over you feel you were actually there.”
Staff review | Kansas City Star
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“Director Morgen earns high marks for finding a most innovative way to illustrate a regrettable chapter in American history.”
Kam Williams | Newsblaze
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“This film is a perfect 10.”
Nathaniel Jonet | Blogger News Network
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“Morgen plunges viewers completely into the anarchic, exhilarating, finally ambiguous world of 1968 America; his final stroke of genius is his choice of music, which includes a breathtaking use of Eminem's "Mosh."”
Ann Hornaday | Washington Post
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“Morgen plunges viewers completely into the anarchic, exhilarating, finally ambiguous world of 1968 America; his final stroke of genius is his choice of music, which includes a breathtaking use of Eminem's "Mosh."”
Ann Hornaday | Washington Post
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“In its best moments, and they are considerable, Chicago 10 makes you see 1968, that near-apocalyptic year, with fresh eyes, as an extraordinary turning point in history now at least partly set free from boomer nostalgia and regret.”
Andrew O'Hehir | Salon.com
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“A vibrantly crafted evocation of a convulsive moment in 20th century American history”
Todd McCarthy | Variety
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“Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture) has made an electrifying picture. ”
J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader
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“The result is Grade-A agitpop, a mixture of archival footage and cheeky, creative animated reconstruction that's funny and frightening in equal measure.”
Ty Burr | Boston Globe
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“Sometimes the best way to relate history is to tinker with it and make it feel like a living thing. ”
Shawn Levy | Portland Oregonian
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“Chicago 10 is well worth seeing, if only because a good half of the film is devoted to extraordinary footage of the four days of rage that spawned the trial.”
Owen Gleiberman | Entertainment Weekly
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“Morgen's best achievement is the news footage, more detailed looks at events outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel and in Chicago parks than you typically see on TV rehashes.”
Sid Smith | Chicago Tribune
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“Chicago 10 is a lot of fun”
Tasha Robinson | The Onion (A.V. Club)
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“A provocative reflection of its rule-breaking subjects, Brett Morgen's political documentary re-examines the past while drawing unmissable parallels to the present.”
Elizabeth Weitzman | New York Daily News
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“The director wants to bring recent history to life for people who weren't around to witness it, and in that he succeeds pretty admirably. ”
Carina Chocano | Los Angeles Times
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“The movie stylishly portrays the story of the Chicago Seven with archival footage and animated sequences. Without reference to or retrospection from the present, Morgen crafts a film that is as pertinent as ever.”
Jeremy Mathews | Film Threat
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“Equal parts tragedy and comedy, high drama and low farce. ”
Josh Rosenblatt | Austin Chronicle