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By Paul Sherman (66) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 05 Oct 2004

Most of what's in Going Upriver is prime, yet much more valuable as a VVAW chronicle than a Kerry tribute…

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By Jane Sumner (71) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 05 Oct 2004

A partisan film but ultimately a powerful one…

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By Mel V (186) on 02 Oct 2004

[FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]I went to this movie with my husband and 13 year old son hoping to learn something more…

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By Albert D (50) on 02 Oct 2004

I was expecting a puff piece to get Kerry elected. Not at all. Vividly captures the mood of the '60's…

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By Mark L (1,544) on 02 Oct 2004

I've been mostly motivated to vote against Bush, but this movie gave me reason to rethink my attitudes about John Kerry…

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By Boo Allen (301) for Denton Record-Chronicle (383) on 01 Oct 2004

Like him or not, John Kerry has led an interesting life, much of which is ably documented in George Butler's film…

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By Susan Green (33) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 30 Sep 2004

Butler makes the case that Kerry fought bravely as commander of a swift boat, then mustered another kind of courage -- no less patriotic--in…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 30 Sep 2004

Kerry's testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee is powerful and heartbreaking…

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By Jeffrey Bruner (125) for Des Moines Register (125) on 30 Sep 2004

If Kerry's service in Vietnam is a critical issue to you, then Going Upriver is required viewing to understand the era and how it affected Kerry…

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By Jack Garner (583) for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (558) on 30 Sep 2004

The events are presented in well-researched detailed, with much archival footage and an array of interviews…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 30 Sep 2004

What happened to the confident 27-year-old we see in the movie, who stares down the police, a hostile Nixon Administration and unfriendly journalists…

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By Tom Keogh (466) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 30 Sep 2004

His deep knowledge of the now-presidential candidate provides a portrait of a young man consumed by his mission, as he saw it, to save his…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 30 Sep 2004

It is difficult to leave this movie without the conviction that Kerry's wartime experience was anything but honorable, regardless of how you…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 30 Sep 2004

To be sure it's blatantly partisan, but this documentary about the current presidential candidate's youth is also a moving exploration of Vietnam…

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By Jonathan Curiel (75) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 Sep 2004

An unabashed paean to Kerry's character at a time in the presidential election when Kerry's character is being questioned. It's also a riveting film…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 30 Sep 2004

Going Upriver is talky, slow-moving and surprisingly superficial, more like a campaign informercial…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 30 Sep 2004

Does an excellent job of telling Kerry's side of it…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for CNN.com (607) on 30 Sep 2004

Going Upriver, unlike some of the other documentaries that have been released this year, will maintain its value even after the elections are over…

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By Daniel Rubin (1) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 30 Sep 2004

The film leaves the viewer with a more vivid sense of Kerry the man, portraying him as admirable, if not lovable…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 30 Sep 2004

Those who dismiss Going Upriver as a movie-length campaign commercial will miss out on a compelling and dramatic story of a young man's trial by fire…

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