Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains Critic Reviews
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An intriguing document, and the first significant film ever made about a former U.S. president.Read the full review
It's galvanizing to see it played out through the furious contradiction of Carter's personality. He is pious, stubborn, compassionate, testy, moral, unreasonable, and wise.Read the full review
A documentary that falls somewhere between overlong and compelling as it follows the 39th president on his controversial book tour.Read the full review
Shows a man whose beliefs, both political and religious, seem to reinvigorate him; he even carries his own luggage in airports and hotels.Read the full review
Though not exactly a valentine to the octogenarian Nobel Peace Prize winner, the film is a lovingly rendered, candid and intimate portrait.Read the full review
These may be the qualities of a great man, but they're not exactly the stuff of a great documentary subject, especially given how hard Carter works to defuse the emotions stirred up by his book.Read the full review
Uncritical, but not unaffecting.Read the full review
Blandly interesting.Read the full review
The movie doesn't offer much new to anyone familiar with Carter.Read the full review
This narrowly cast documentary focuses so exclusively on a publicity tour the former president took in the closing months of 2006 that a more accurate title might be "Jimmy Carter How I Sold My Book."Read the full review
