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posted 10 years ago by Satan2016
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If you look at the 14 metacritic reviews, they are 80-100 from the leftist MSM. Not surprising considering Poitras and Greenwald are Marxists. I look for reviews at well know libertarian/conservative sites and found nothing. So far I found one critical review and a short piece.

Sins of Omission (Fred Kaplan @ Slate)
Citizenfour is a fine documentary. Too bad the director glossed over some important details—and Edward Snowden didn’t gloss over more.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2014/10/ci tizenfour_review_laura_poitras_edward_snowden_documentary.html

Second U.S. Intelligence Leaker Referenced in New Edward Snowden Doc; Obama Painted in Negative Light http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/11/second-u-s-intelligence-lea ker-referenced-in-new-edward-snowden-doc-obama-painted-in-negative-lig ht/ [not really review]

[–] plumlogan 10 years ago

I realize that there are political elements involved in this story, but I'm curious why you think reviews will be positive if the source is left and negative if the source leans right. I'm conservative in many ways, but I'll judge the movie on its merits of craft and entertainment. I've already made up my mind about Edward Snowden. That won't change without new information about him, and this movie doesn't offer any.