Review of Defamation (2009) by Scott M — 03 Feb 2010
Incredibly interesting and controversial topic without being exploitative or subjective. Although there are some scenes that seem straight out of a Michael Moore film, the filmmaker is cautious enough not to lose focus of the point just to get some laughs.
He covers every point of view objectively and comes to an educated conclusion. The parts of the film that stuck with me the most were the scenes of the young Jewish high schoolers on a "pilgrimage" to Poland.
The way these kids have been brainwashed their entire lives to believe that Nazis are like the bogey man and are waiting for them behind every corner is just plain scary. The fact that the Jewish community seems to deal most in stereotypes when fighting anti-Semitism is the biggest irony of them all.
The director gets some really good real-life footage here, and really finds a way to get people from both sides of the argument to open up to him.
This review of Defamation (2009) was written by Scott M on 03 Feb 2010.
Defamation has generally received positive reviews.
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