Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 5 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: When former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated in London in 2006, it shocked the world. Controversy swirled around who was responsible, with many fingers pointing to Putin's government. This documentary looks at the truth behind Litvinenko's death, and exposes the... [More]
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A flow of charges, countercharges, theories, suspicions and political positioning does not a revelation make. This expose' isn't ready for prime time.
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06/21/08
... no crackerjack action flick but rather a dizzying, unfocused and, frankly, dull assemblage of revelations and denials.
06/20/08
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Who needs paranoid thrillers when we have Russia’s deathless gift for autocracy as plot material?
06/19/08
The film, instead of confining itself to who Litvinenko was and how he came to be killed, wanders off into too many tangents and mentions too many cases. The epic corruption of today's Russia is far too widespread to fit into a single film.
03/21/08
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A film that does an injustice to the whole chaotic situation in Eastern Europe by making it seem not just impossible, but impenetrable.
03/20/08
This is a film that seems to require a more straightforward thriller approach. Still, it’s to Nekrasov’s credit that he doesn’t want his friend to have died in vain.
03/20/08
Although a first-rate investigative documentary on its own, Andrei Nekrasov's Poisoned by Polonium also serves as a sequel to 2004's Disbelief.
03/20/08
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Spreading its net too wide, this documentary lacks the smallest counterbalance, so one is not allowed a roundly informed decision. .
03/20/08
A muckraking documentary of vast shuddery intrigue, makes a disquieting case that Russia hasn't just slipped back to its old oligarchic ways -- but that, in fact, it's a more repressive, corroded place than it was in the age of the Soviet Union.
03/19/08
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