Terror's Advocate Critic Reviews
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Outrageous controversialist meets brilliant attorney, and fact intertwines with fiction.Read the full review
The title Terror's Advocate is both a statement of fact and a worrisome understatement in a documentary as slippery as its subject.Read the full review
It is one of the most engaging, morally unsettling political thrillers in quite some time, with the extra advantage of being true.Read the full review
It is the gift of Terror's Advocate, Barbet Schroeder's riveting new documentary, to simply present Vergès as is, to say "here is the man" and let things speak for themselves. Do they ever.Read the full review
If nothing else, Terror's Advocate offers a useful summary of the last half-century of global politics, and how changing public perceptions can make goats out of heroes.Read the full review
A complex story.Read the full review
A fascinating film even if it never completely pins him (Verges) down.Read the full review
Sure to inspire debate in France and Germany and of obvious interest to anyone who follows the roots of modern international terrorism, doc probes gray areas in the colorful life of its controversial, limelight-courting subject.Read the full review
The result is a panorama of European radicalism. Depending on your politics, you may think "long live the revolution" or "curse the day the CIA ended its assassination program."Read the full review
