"...exhaustive and loopy.... One of the film's subtle flaws is how apparent it is that Scorsese mainly assembled this film, leaving interviews and other legwork up to hired hands."
"...everyone gets more laughs than Ferrell here, especially McBride, but also a giant mosquito, a vibrating obelisk, a crab and the furry morning anchor host known as Matt Lauer, who makes a delightful -- if unwise -- cameo."
"...a documentary about the vast amount of wiggle room between being for the death penalty and being against it... on a deeper level (and a skillfully conscious one on the part of filmmaker Ted Schillinger) it's a portrait of two men's utter loneliness in their thoughts."