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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 11 May 2005

Martha Stewart is a scout leader and role model in the company of the ravenous ghouls who ran this corporation into a swamp of deceit…

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By Pete Croatto (87) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 11 May 2005

So important it should be grouped together with movies like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Control Room…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 10 May 2005

Gibney leaves us with a sense that the whole thing is like organized crime. No, wait: these Enron guys were even worse than the mafia…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Denton Record-Chronicle (383) on 08 May 2005

the film succeeds most clearly by emphasizing the human resonance in such a story…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 05 May 2005

The case Gibney lays out - of how arrogance, machismo and reckless capitalism drove a company to the top and back down - is compelling, aggravating…

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By Larry Ratliff (323) for San Antonio Express-News (323) on 05 May 2005

Even news junkies and former Enron employees might be startled by some of the corporate revelations that fill the screen…

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By Thomas Delapa (487) for Boulder Weekly (487) on 05 May 2005

If you're already cynical about the ability of grassroots democracy to survive in our era of turbo-capitalism, this film will only fuel your doubts…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 04 May 2005

A primer on corporate malfeasance for dummies, clarifying the statistical thicket through illustration and mindful of Deep Throat's advice…

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By Rob Blackwelder (857) for SPLICEDWire (872) on 30 Apr 2005

Alex Gibney's film, based on the book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, feels rushed, slight and ultimately inconclusive…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Apr 2005

The movie helps the average American understand the nature of the shell games perpetuated by Enron and how 'synergistic corruptions' can corrupt…

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By Jean Lowerison (512) for San Diego Metropolitan (486) on 29 Apr 2005

Go. See. Ponder this American phenomenon and how we can ensure it never happens again…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 28 Apr 2005

Doesn't require an interest in business affairs to be captivating. It unfolds like a Wall St…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 28 Apr 2005

Gibney's documentary is ultimately not about business and numbers but about morality; how a group of people, blinded by money, lost their souls…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 28 Apr 2005

Alex Gibney's documentary is a concise examination of the Enron affair that's poised between straight journalism and outright satire…

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Review of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 28 Apr 2005

A surprisingly entertaining look at the sucking black hole of corporate morality in America…

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Review of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

By Michael Booth (186) for Denver Post (1,096) on 28 Apr 2005

Go see it before you buy another stock you don't understand. Go see it before you bank your retirement on the company pension fund…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 28 Apr 2005

Working in a slick, high-gloss style, director Alex Gibney presents the lurid Enron essentials in a film that will have you shaking your head…

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Review of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

By Scott Von Doviak (217) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 28 Apr 2005

As compelling a refresher course as one could hope for…

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Review of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 28 Apr 2005

Allow yourself the pleasure of being thoroughly entertained while being equally outraged by this movie…

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Review of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 28 Apr 2005

Gibney has been able to get his hands on the right materials, and he assembles the right talking heads to string the story together…

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