Review of Steal This Movie (2000) by Donegal H — 05 Aug 2008

This film was a really insightful look into 60s politics, put into an educational yet entertaining format. Not to mention, D'onofrio is damn handsome. :).

This review of Steal This Movie (2000) was written by Donegal H on 05 Aug 2008.

Steal This Movie has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Nov 2008

There might have been a better, more involving method of telling Hoffman's story, but it is expressed with a firm sense of commitment to accuracy…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 29 Jun 2017

Vincent D'Onofrio does capture Hoffman's charisma and nuttiness - and he's the only reason to resist the temptation to skip this exasperating movie…

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By John Petrakis (110) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Apr 2012

Feels more like a music video than a serious look back at a time, a place and a very smart, funny and unconventional man…

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By Dennis G (108) on 12 Dec 2008

Another reason to mistrust the government. This is about Abbie Hoffman, the founder of the Yippee movement…

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By Itamar K (264) on 03 Oct 2007

An excellent, TV level bio-pic of Abbie Hoffman…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 01 Oct 2017

An earnest but ultimately scattered effort to put Yippie radical Abbie Hoffman's best foot posthumously forward…

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By Sprecklevon K (1) on 03 Sep 2007

If you're a young activist, fan of the sixties, or a fan of free media - see this movie. Not very well known…

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By Hezekiah S (1) on 24 Oct 2010

No one could do Abbie justice; larger than life in real life, grown as legends do, he was the epitome of what we were trying to say and do…

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By Natalie S (252) on 23 Aug 2007

If I could tell my peers to watch any movie, and have them watch it, it would be this movie. The most amazing movie ever…

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By Expertreviewer (5) on 12 Mar 2019

Film trying to expose government. Scratch on scratch film.. A little bit too much…

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