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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 27 Jul 2011

The problem is that the heart of the movie is McGowan. He's just not a very compelling figure. He's a bit doughy and inert…

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By Chris Faraone (17) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 27 Jul 2011

Although kind to the plights of activists who face hard time for victimless crimes, this film is balanced -- conservatives could easily interpret…

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By Hardy H (232) on 25 Jul 2011

Important and interesting, a must for all who cares about film or the environment…

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By Ari K (67) on 23 Jul 2011

I haven't rated a movie 5 out of 5 100% in a long time. This is an important and well done documentary…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Jul 2011

The gripping documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front offers an intimate look at the radical environmental group…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 20 Jul 2011

McGowan's views on the environment have taken several turns, but none of them is illustrated in the film, in which he comes off as passive…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 20 Jul 2011

Never loses sight of the human beings at the heart of the conflict -- no matter what side of the conflict they're on…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 20 Jul 2011

McGowan's views on the environment have taken several turns, but none of them is illustrated in the film, in which he comes off as passive…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 14 Jul 2011

Gets a bit bogged down in legal and procedural details during its final 30 minutes but it will, hopefully, open eyes and hearts…

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By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

Unless you are a true believer in the tenets of deep ecology, the film may seem more like an apology for the group's dangerous activities…

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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

Depressing. So is director Marshall Curry's avowal in the press notes that the film will leave viewers with a more nuanced view of the world…

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By Bruce Diones (105) for New Yorker (1,403) on 26 Jun 2011

An informative, if troubling, narrative about the future of the environmental movement…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Jun 2011

Despite their efforts to address most sides of this complex story, each new interview leaves us wanting to know even more…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 23 Jun 2011

In the appalling documentary If a Tree Falls, a narrator referring to an arson attack by the Earth Liberation Front solemnly intones, In one…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 22 Jun 2011

The story of how a muscular anti-logging campaign devolved into sectarian turmoil that shot off radicalized cells like burning cinders is ultimately…

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By Sam Adams (514) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Jun 2011

Considering its incendiary subject, Curry's approach is disarmingly tame; perhaps reframing the debate in less volatile terms is some kind…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 21 Jun 2011

A remarkably evenhanded story about an eager young activist who was drawn down a slippery slope toward property destruction and violence, and…

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By Steven B (910) on 21 Jun 2011

This movie is a joke and need about an hour of editting…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Jun 2011

Takes us through reams of fascinating drama, from the first heroic forest-saving protests to the reactive police violence and resulting dead-of-night…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 20 Jun 2011

The film's sobriety and carefully balanced arguments make it an exemplary piece of reporting, although its emotional heat rarely rises to a boil…

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