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DEMOCRACY AT WORK Movie Reviews
Comedy about a single day of a local political campaign in which an anonymous rumor is leaked on the Internet about the candidate. Cast: Michael Scovotti, Sean Spence, Marty Lodge, Toks Olagundoye, Matt Jones, Ed Refuerzo, Alex Knudsen, Bruno Oliver, Meredith Thomas, Debbie Kagy, Christian Levatino, Kyle Steven Templin, Sasha Carrera, Ericka Kreutz, Anastasia Savko Director: Wasko Khouri Release Date: November 2, 2012 DVD Release: TBD Length: 1 hr. 30 min.

Democracy at Work, Fair Reviews NYC, LA

Updated: Fri, Nov 9 2012, 00:29am
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Democracy at Work

Democracy at Work played in New York City and Los Angeles to fair reviews. • Geoff Berkshire wrote in Daily Variety, "A would-be satire with nothing much to say... confuses stale vulgarity with biting wit and basic sociopolitical knowledge with keen insight." • And Gary Goldstein wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "It's all pointed, fast-paced fun."   More Reviews Below...

Democracy at Work
Positive Reviews
(4 Reviews, reviews below)
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* 48.4% positive reviews out of 100%

Reviews & Quotes (4)


BROAD NATIONAL PRESS (0 Reviews)

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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)

KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)

 Democracy at Work has not been reviewed in Key Cities

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)

Kristina Bravo, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK
"...opens like a stale SNL skit... this black comedy falls as short on humor as it does on revelations of things we don't know already." (See all of Kristina Bravo's reviews...) (Read the full review...)
207 words, 11/07/12

HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD
"Set around one chaotic day in a fictional, local election, the movie juggles three separate, sporadically intersecting stories... It's all pointed, fast-paced fun." (See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...) (Read the full review...)
218 words, 11/02/12

MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)

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Review Mixture
17.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews
(Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Democracy at Work

Democracy at Work's reviews are separated by an average 17.0 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.

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Coverage, Volume & Length
Democracy at Work

Coverage: Democracy at Work's reviews cover 3.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume: The film's reviews total 853 words in volume (average is 20,172 words). Length: The film's reviews average 213 words in length (the norm is 517 words).

Democracy at Work
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Opening Day Reviews
Reviews Broke 18.6 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Democracy at Work

Democracy at Work's reviews on average broke 18.6 hours 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 Democracy at Work's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.

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