This riveting documentary depicts former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a warmonger responsible for military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia and East Timor, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, the film includes interviews with historians, political analysts and such journalists as New York Times writer William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter.
A stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for Kissinger as a calculating war criminal.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
6 Dec 2002
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Fascinating to watch as a portrait of political celebrity and ego.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
6 Dec 2002
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The film is insightful about Kissinger's background and history.
– Steven Rosen,
Denver Post,
13 Dec 2002
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Even if the case against Kissinger is not fully convincing, the documentary keeps you glued to your seat and thinking long after you've left the theater.
– Marta Barber,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb 2003
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In a larger sense, this powerfully muckraking film is about the accountability of public figures and about how, in regard to international justice, there can be no exceptions.