Review of The Dissident (2020) by Noel Murray for The A.V. Club — 05 Jan 2021
For all its wealth of detail and thematic ambition, The Dissident is a good documentary that never quite becomes great. Because Fogel spends a lot of this film re-reporting a story that was in all the papers, all over the world, for months, watching The Dissident at times feels like hearing someone summarize a bestselling murder-mystery novel, while ominous “true crime” music plays incessantly on the soundtrack.
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This review of The Dissident (2020) was written by Noel Murray and published by The A.V. Club on 05 Jan 2021.
The Dissident has generally received very positive reviews.
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