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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Paul P (1,688) on 17 Dec 2011

Out of all the Errol Morris documentaries i've seen Mr. Death is his most captivating. Everything about this is fascinating…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Jes N (2) on 14 Nov 2011

This movie is crazy to watch, but really interesting…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Randy T (648) on 15 Oct 2011

An only moderately interesting character study of an uninteresting character…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Sep 2011

Morris, who more or less invented the ironic documentary, seems to struggle here for an appropriate tone even as he allows Leuchter more than…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Larry W (344) on 06 Aug 2011

The first part, dealing with the executions, is fascinating. When it becomes Fred chipping away at concrete, less so…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Drew Morton (1) for Pajiba (523) on 22 Jul 2011

What Morris gives us is not just a goofy, sad account of a socially shunned, awkward man but an indictment of our society at large…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By P D (45) on 03 May 2011

I can't even begin to express how huge of any Errol Morris fan I am…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Itamar K (264) on 27 Apr 2011

A fascinating documentary with several layers - it's an intriguing historical document, it's a document about the psychology of Capital Punishment,…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Theresa M (92) on 24 Apr 2011

FYI: Don't take a woman to Auschwitz on her honeymoon. We prefer the Bahamas…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 15 Mar 2011

(Morris's) strangest and most disturbing portrait yet…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Justin N (249) on 25 Aug 2010

The film did drag a bit however I was unaware of Mr. Leuchter and his connection into attempting to disprove the Holocaust…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Andhika B (149) on 28 Jun 2010

An absolutely fascinating story of a rather sad man whose motives appear to be sound, but who is easily led astray…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By You K (68) on 02 Apr 2010

Was that footage of an elephant being electrocuted by Thomas Edison real? That was some crazy footage. It's feet started smoking! CRAZY…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By The Next Starfighter (53) on 02 Apr 2010

Was that footage of an elephant being electrocuted by Thomas Edison real? That was some crazy footage. It's feet started smoking! CRAZY…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Dan L (903) on 29 Mar 2010

This was the first Errol Morris film I saw, and it remains one of my favourites…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Victoria L (189) on 20 Feb 2010

Full of irony…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Pete H (238) on 14 Jan 2010

This guy just can't help himself. An amazing story…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Kristina D (65) on 13 Dec 2009

Disturbing, frustrating, sad, interesting.. this is a must see that really speaks for itself…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By R G (17) on 23 Nov 2009

The coldness of the man, and his confidence about his disgusting acts being right, are almost unbearable at moments…

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Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

By Samantha S (1,257) on 12 Nov 2009

Creepy and fascinating. An intelligent man makes some very stupid pronouncements about a subject he doesn't understand…

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