Battle in Seattle

  • 2009


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51 %
55 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 16
Negative reviews 9
Average Rating 2.9/5
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2.0
The movie captures the idealism of the anti WTO agitators, the anxiety of the cops, and the smugness of the anarchists who made the protest violent. EW
3.8
The result is not quite a documentary and not quite a drama, but interesting all the same. Rogerebert
3.0
Battle in Seattle feels designed to provoke and inspire, and if it doesnt always succeed in that aim, at the very least it tries. Common Sense Media
2.5
Approaching its subject with a neat idealism and packaging its political fervor in the most facile of forms, the film boasts a cast loaded with Hollyw .. Indie Wire
2.5
An uneven but ultimately impassioned recreation of the riots at the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. Screen Daily
2.9
Given the sophisticated photoplay developing in the streets and the sincere effort to create nuance, its disappointing to see the film turn simple at .. Paste Magazine
2.5
Poor Andre Benjamin, who is something of a dandy in real life, has to wear a knit hat that looks like a piece of a bath mat. San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
It probably wont find its way onto the WTOs Netflix queue, but its worth a look even from those who think protesters are just bored, unwashed hippies. Cinema Blend
1.3
We could complain about the swampy symbolism, the hackneyed story lines and the odious racial cliches. Ny Daily News
2.0
If all you retain is a vague memory of an anarchist throwing a rock at a Starbucks, you can be forgiven. Philly
3.0
Battle in Seattle comes across as a thought provoking drama about the struggle of a movement to be heard. Spirituality And Practice
3.1
Sachs has infused the early part of Married Life with a breezy, light hearted sensibility that proves impossible to resist, with Brosnans wry narratio .. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Now they still dont know what it is, but at least they know its bad..Hardy har, funny joke, but guess what Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Tweet Battle in Seattle Jonathan Kiefer By This article was published on 09.18.08 Advertisement If activism, like globalism, sometimes becomes unruly, .. News Review
2.5
IN his directing debut Battle in Seattle, actor Stuart Towns end does an impressive job (on a shoestring budget) of re creating the massive street pro .. New York Post
3.5
Unfortunately, he cant quite channel that passion into creating great drama. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Actor turned filmmaker Stuart Townsend would have been better off keeping things on a more modest scale. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
The subjects fresh and righteously progressive enough to allow Townsend to call in heavyweight friends. Boston
3.1
The movie also benefits from todays global financing meltdown that makes challenging organizations like the WTO a necessity rather than an option. Toronto Star
3.0
Perhaps unsurprisingly, its a foreigner behind the camera, but while Irish actor turned director Stuart Townsends docudrama doesnt waste any time in c .. Bullz-Eye
2.5
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors .. Calendar Live
3.0
This is a powerful wrenching and impressive writing and directing debut for the talented actor definitely now a triple showbiz threat. Hollywood
2.0
And he shines a light on the protests within the WTO that were largely ignored in favor of the splashy spectacle on the streets. Seattle Pi
3.5
Why I Should See It: Ricky Gervais is clearly one of the funniest exports from Britain maybe since Monty Python.
2.5
The actors directorial debut is clearly deeply felt, and has been years in progress. Nj
3.8
Others believe it will take more than civil disobedience to catch the WTOs attention. Movies Tv Guide
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
2.0
To Townsends credit, theres no absolute portrait of good vs. evil on display here. Brian Or Ndorf
2.0
Its all simple agitprop, a movie that beats you over the head with its message even as it bores you to death with its formulaic plot, characters and s .. Orlando Sentinel
3.5
Townsends efforts to be honest to the spirit of the event carries the film through its sloganeering and familiar backstage dramas. Stream On Demand At Home
2.0
A searing fictionalized telling of Americas most recently effective public protest, at the 1999 WTO convention in Seattle, writer/director Stuart Town .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
1.9
Nothing, as the lecture accompanying the closing credits informs.Yet more action is promised at future meetings. Washington Times
2.5
Oliver Stone has made a message movie with no real message.Like Bushs presidency, it seems lost: it lacks direction. Ma Cleans
3.8
If you are a Coens fan you should like it. Its not as funny as THE BIG LEBOWSKI, but theres enough memorable moments and lines in it that will make yo ..



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