Mitt is a remarkable political artifact, an intimate look at the man who was the 2012 Republican candidate for president and first major-party Mormon nominee.
– Alessandra Stanley,
New York Times,
24 Jan 2014
fresh:
Anyone who followed the '08 and '12 elections will not be surprised by how Mitt's story plays out. But it's an interesting footnote, a spin-free picture of the personal cost of campaigning; I found it humanly sympathetic regardless of political sympathies.
– James Poniewozik,
TIME Magazine,
24 Jan 2014
fresh:
Given the filmmaker's unrestricted access to Mitt Romney through both presidential campaigns, Greg Whiteley's Mitt is an unsurprisingly warm portrait.
– Dorothy Rabinowitz,
Wall Street Journal,
24 Jan 2014
fresh:
The film is a departure from similar, wonkier projects that have taken us into campaign war rooms and built their stories around the political machinery in action.
– Hank Stuever,
Washington Post,
24 Jan 2014
rotten:
Although Whiteley's unrestricted there-ness effortlessly yields an avuncular striver ... it means little when the viewpoint is so hermetic.