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Documentary about Michael Ruppert, a former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter, who believes with total conviction that industrial civilization is on the verge of collapse. Cast:Michael RuppertDirector:Chris SmithRelease Date:November 6, 2009DVD Release:June 15, 2010From:Vitagraph FilmsLength:1 hr. 22 min.
JUNE 15, 2010
Collapse, Very Good Reviews, Mixed (Doc) Key Cities
Collapse played in key cities to very good reviews that at the same time were mixed. • Owen Gleiberman wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "You'd be hard-pressed to find a movie that channels the anxieties of our time with the power and terror of the documentary 'Collapse.' " • And Elizabeth Weitzman wrote in the New York Daily News, "...the former cop's passionate intensity is fairly unnerving." More Reviews Below...
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING(cg) "You'd be hard-pressed to find a movie that channels the anxieties of our time with the power and terror of the documentary 'Collapse.' "(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 11/06/09
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...the former cop's passionate intensity is fairly unnerving.... there's simply Michael Ruppert, talking, raging and warning, as if his very life depended on it."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 106 words, 11/06/09
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "I don't know when I've seen a thriller more frightening. I couldn't tear my eyes from the screen.... It is entertaining, in a macabre sense. I think you owe it to yourself to see it."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 903 words, 12/10/09
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "With a formal elegance that often feels like a tribute to Errol Morris' character studies, 'Collapse' is a grueling peek at a doomsday prophet's rigorous mind..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 227 words, 11/13/09
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: POOR(cg) "...boring. But what do you expect from a one-sided movie about a kook, who, at the time the film was shot, faced eviction from his home because he hadn't paid the rent?"(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 128 words, 11/06/09
Jennie Punter, Toronto Globe & Mail: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...an urgent and riveting new documentary from Chris Smith, one of America's most intuitive and gifted young filmmakers."(See all of Jennie Punter's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 502 words, 12/04/09
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...holds less interest as another sky-is-falling dispatch than as the filmmaker's return to warts-and-all portraiture after 2008's well-received fiction feature 'The Pool.' "(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 246 words, 11/04/09
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "What's fascinating is not the argument, but the person.... Michael Ruppert's a totally fascinating character, passionate, driven and desperate."(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 225 words, 12/10/09
KEY CITIES (4 Reviews)
Dan Kois, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...toward the end, Ruppert unexpectedly breaks down, weeping openly for the lost future of humanity, and at that moment I was startled at how bad I felt for him..."(See all of Dan Kois's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 378 words, 12/11/09
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "...may not convince you that the end is at hand, but it will probably inspire you to check the treads on your running shoes."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 262 words, 02/12/10
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...holds less interest as another sky-is-falling dispatch than as the filmmaker's return to warts-and-all portraiture after 2008's well-received fiction feature 'The Pool.' "(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 246 words, 11/04/09
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "What's fascinating is not the argument, but the person.... Michael Ruppert's a totally fascinating character, passionate, driven and desperate."(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 225 words, 12/10/09
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "With a formal elegance that often feels like a tribute to Errol Morris' character studies, 'Collapse' is a grueling peek at a doomsday prophet's rigorous mind..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 227 words, 11/13/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Rob Nelson, Daily Variety: OUTSTANDING "...makes countless other political documentaries look like episodes of 'Teletubbies.' Unnervingly persuasive much of the time, and merely riveting when it's not..."(See all of Rob Nelson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 725 words, 09/17/09
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "With a formal elegance that often feels like a tribute to Errol Morris' character studies, 'Collapse' is a grueling peek at a doomsday prophet's rigorous mind..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 227 words, 11/13/09
24.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Collapse's reviews are separated by an average 24.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Collapse (15 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Collapse's reviews cover 20.0% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 5,491 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 366 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 11 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Collapse's reviews on average broke 11 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Collapse's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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