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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 23 Oct 2003

I'm not sure you'll leave the movie understanding every nuance of 'deconstruction,' but you'll have a real sense of a sophisticated thinker…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Sep 2003

For those unfamiliar with the notoriously camera-averse philosopher and his thoughts, Derrida will most probably prove to be an unenlightening bore…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 01 Apr 2003

The movie is ultimately about the philosopher's personality -- if you loved Lingua Franca (and what lumpen academoid did not…

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By Jason Anderson (395) for eye WEEKLY (415) on 25 Mar 2003

Derrida turns out to be an engaging, provocative and droll fellow before the cameras…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 14 Mar 2003

Derrida, with his mane of white hair, piercing gaze and pipe clenched between his teeth, may be the most watchable thinker since Rodin's…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 14 Mar 2003

The picture's charm lies in the continuing by-play between the filmmakers and their subject, with each side doing its best to deconstruct the other…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 20 Feb 2003

A charming but only partly satisfying portrait of its subject…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Feb 2003

Who would have guessed a documentary about Derrida, the great French philosopher of deconstruction and différence, would be so entertaining…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 17 Jan 2003

Whether or not you're enlightened by any of Derrida's lectures on the other and the self, Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow…

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By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Jan 2003

Nicely photographed and beautifully scored…

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By Jamie Russell (254) for BBC.com (1,500) on 07 Jan 2003

An enthralling, playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth' about this man, while deconstructing the very format…

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By Tim Merrill (37) for Film Threat (5,156) on 08 Dec 2002

Even if you have no idea what French philosopher Jacques Derrida's theories are about, allow your mind the chance to be teased and twisted…

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By Larry Carroll (167) for Countingdown.com (102) on 11 Nov 2002

Any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Entertainment Today (201) on 11 Nov 2002

Dry but thought-provoking, Derrida is of interest because of the chasms of apparent contradiction it opens between the man and the philosopher…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Nov 2002

Is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 08 Nov 2002

Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up…

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By Rachel Deahl (46) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 03 Nov 2002

It's incredibly enjoyable to watch Derrida pick apart, and fight against, the very process and premise of making a film about someone, particularly…

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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 25 Oct 2002

Fascinating for the very fact that its subject agreed to appear…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide (1,527) on 22 Oct 2002

Overall, the filmmakers are a little too reverent -- it would have been interesting to hear Derrida respond to criticism leveled against deconstruction…

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