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By Thomas W (1,104) on 16 Jan 2013

Detropia could be a beautiful love letter to the city of Detroit as if follows a few natives across the city with them professing their love…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 14 Jan 2013

Bleak but aesthetically quenching documentary on how the once great industrial city of Detroit has in modern times become a car wreck…

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By Jennifer Merin (124) for About.com (1,470) on 16 Dec 2012

A hard-hitting yet lyrical documentary about the current economic woes of once prosperous Detroit, an iconic American city…

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By Don U (10) on 01 Dec 2012

Viewers learn nothing about the demise of Detroit…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 30 Nov 2012

One only wishes that Ewing and Grady had chosen to dig deeper as they explored it…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Nov 2012

The film at its best is a sort of visual essay or tone poem composed of haunting, paradoxically beautiful images of urban ruin that sometimes…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 06 Nov 2012

In this visual caress of postindustrial blight, disintegration has never looked so gorgeous…

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By Inga Saffron (1) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 01 Nov 2012

Detropia's filmmakers stay out of the picture, hanging back to allow the viewer to absorb the meaning of Detroit's fate…

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By Tom Keogh (466) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 17 Oct 2012

A startling, haunting documentary about a once-great city, Detropia is all but a eulogy for Detroit…

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By Jason M (2,623) on 14 Oct 2012

I give it an OK rating…

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By Chris S (3,490) on 11 Oct 2012

Good documentary showcasing the troubled times for Detroit…

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By Alex W (1,471) on 09 Oct 2012

One of the most masterfully crafted and elegantly edited depictions of the degradation of a former super city…

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By Laura B (721) on 09 Oct 2012

I loved this documentary…

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By Ian Buckwalter (369) for The Washingtonian (21) on 08 Oct 2012

Grady and Ewing, employing the observational, often visually poetic style that has become their trademark, capture this city at a crossroads…

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By Jennifer F (212) on 06 Oct 2012

Great documentary! The story they tell is frightening…

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By M P (90) on 05 Oct 2012

Detroit's woes are well known by anyone who pays half-attention to the news…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Oct 2012

It is a striking and moving study of what was versus what it has become as the filmmakers try to get at the whys…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 03 Oct 2012

Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, Oscar-nominated for their earlier Jesus Camp, aim a compassionate and artful lens in their new documentary Detropia,…

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By Leon B (942) on 03 Oct 2012

Disappointing. Goes over reasons why Detroit went into decline, but offers no solutions to the problems…

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By Jeannie L (10) on 28 Sep 2012

No new ground covered in this doc about the demise of Detroit...cue shots of the Ren Cen at dusk with the GM logo ablaze, despairing statistics…

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