Fresh
Dense and thoughtful and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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Derrida
Overview
Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia.
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82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The picture's charm lies in the continuing by-play between the filmmakers and their subject, with each side doing its best to deconstruct the other.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
I'm not sure you'll leave the movie understanding every nuance of 'deconstruction,' but you'll have a real sense of a sophisticated thinker.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
Exhibits a devotion to its subject that just might drive you to his books and make you wish for tea with the man who wrote them.
Vic Vogler, Denver Post
Fresh
Derrida, with his mane of white hair, piercing gaze and pipe clenched between his teeth, may be the most watchable thinker since Rodin's.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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