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Citizen Koch

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Filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin examine the struggle between money and democracy.
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Geoff Pevere Globe and Mail Jul 25, 2014
The movie bleakly emphasizes the sense of debilitating powerlessness of the average citizen without the means to bring anything but their vote to the ballot box. Go to Full Review
Alonso Duralde TheWrap Jun 27, 2014
If the real triumph of the Tea Party is getting middle- and working-class citizens to vote against their own best interests, it's going to take a documentary more passionate and more revelatory than this one to make that point. Go to Full Review
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post Jun 19, 2014
3/4
If you have a shred of idealism left, it's hard to watch "Citizen Koch" without a mounting sense of despair and outrage over the influence that money has come to wield over modern elections. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Merin About.com Sep 25, 2014
If you value civic equality and civil liberties, Citizen Koch is a must see. Go to Full Review
Kevin Jagernauth The Playlist Aug 24, 2014
C
For those who didn't know how flawed and manipulated the act of casting a ballot has become, "Citizen Koch" is a decent primer, but for everyone else long past the tipping point, this is just more evidence for a problem that currently has no solution. Go to Full Review
Jeff Baker Oregonian Jul 18, 2014
C+
It tosses out a lot of information and doesn't pull it into a compelling movie. Go to Full Review
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Abraham R Jun 9, 2014 Let's just say it isn't the Citizen Kane of documentaries. Really it is more like the Battlefield Earth of documentaries.
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Carl Deal

Director

Tia Lessin

Director

Carl Deal

Producer

Tia Lessin

Producer

Gillian Caldwell

Producer

Abigail Disney

Executive Producer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin examine the struggle between money and democracy.
Director
Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
Producer
Carl Deal, Tia Lessin, Gillian Caldwell
Screenwriter
Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
Distributor
Variance Films
Production Co
Elsewhere Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 6, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$153.9K
Runtime
1h 50m
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