REVIEWS
100% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes
The film’s editor is Walter Murch, who worked on “The Conversation” and “The Godfather: Part II” (both 1974) so there’s not much that he doesn’t know about conspiracy — how it leaks into a movie like the smell of drains.
Anthony Lane – The New Yorker
It is without question one of the greatest of all documentaries. Apart from its importance as a revelatory history lesson, it’s a masterpiece of humanity, thoroughness, and consummate film craft.
Mike Leigh - Winner of the Palme d'Or
This powerful and authoritative documentary by the Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani is as gripping as any thriller
Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian
One of the best documentaries of recent years.
Michael Moore
Ralph Fiennes appears, lending a wry le Carré air to proceedings as an enigmatic MI6 agent with an explosive testimony.
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh - The Times
Amazing. Beautifully done. Clever use of archive. Unique.
Oliver Stone
A labour of love, the film is premium detective work. With admirable tenacity and care, Amirani has dragged official secrets back into the light
Tim Robey – The Daily Telegraph
This is big. This is going to be big.
Werner Herzog
It’s like taking a swim in John le Carré’s brain
Dave Calhoun - Time Out
Extraordinary.
Errol Morris
As compelling as a John le Carré novel or a Costa-Gavras classic
Allen Hunter - Screen Daily
Has the air of something that grew from an impudent home movie into a magnum opus
Todd McCarthy - Hollywood Reporter
Both as a detective story and as a deep dive into a world event whose consequences linger, it is bracing, absorbing filmmaking
Ben Kenigsberg - New York Times
It has a bit of “All the President’s Men” about it
Ian Freer - EMPIRE
Simply great storytelling, full stop.
Anne Hornaday - Washington Post