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By Steve Murray (153) for ArtsATL (57) on 24 Jan 2018

Unfortunately, The Final Year never really coheres or finds focus. It meanders and can feel self-congratulatory…

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By Christopher Llewellyn Reed (298) for Hammer to Nail (208) on 23 Jan 2018

One of the best aspects of the movie is Barker's close access to his subjects…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 23 Jan 2018

It's compelling in ways you wish it wasn't…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 22 Jan 2018

The Final Year is stirring and saddening, but too well behaved by half; I wanted it to be a little less Steven Pinker and a little more Dwayne…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 21 Jan 2018

For viewers interested in West Wing life, it's a tasty behind-the-scenes tour, and for those averse to liberals, it has the comedy of this…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 21 Jan 2018

So much has happened in the year since Donald Trump entered the White House that The Final Year feels as if it has missed its time…

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By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 21 Jan 2018

It's chilling to witness Obama's cool intelligence and statesmanlike composure, given the knowledge of who will come to replace him…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 21 Jan 2018

Director Greg Barker uses his access to offer an insider's perspective, but he rarely questions the decisions or highlights the failings of…

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By Xiaolong Q (2) on 20 Jan 2018

The scene where Samantha Powers gathers a bunch of female ambassadors and Madeline Albright to watch the 2016 election results assured of a…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 20 Jan 2018

The Final Year lacks the focus and urgency of other, better political documentaries like the superb Weiner or The War Room…

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By Jay C (350) on 20 Jan 2018

The scene where Samantha Powers gathers a bunch of female ambassadors and Madeline Albright to watch the 2016 election results assured of a…

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By Omay H (1) on 20 Jan 2018

Absolutely transparent, self serving PR piece from the left…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 20 Jan 2018

It’s brimming with fascinating insights into the skill, conviction and sheer slog that went into tackling several rogue states, climate change…

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By Joshua Keating (4) for Slate (2,081) on 20 Jan 2018

After a year of Trump, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic for a president seen backstage working on his Greek pronunciation…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 19 Jan 2018

Sometimes their ethical band-standing sounds a little pompous, but they all seem genuinely motivated more by idealism than ego…

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By Markie Robson-Scott (20) for The Arts Desk (640) on 19 Jan 2018

It feels like a bit of a PR job at times, though you can't PR the election result away and the elephant in the room throughout is what's happening…

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By Argun Ulgen (34) for PopMatters (2,617) on 19 Jan 2018

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By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 19 Jan 2018

[Barker's] film only tries to let us understand the constant and harsh pressures that people in such high positions of power go through daily,…

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By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 19 Jan 2018

The Final Year... is a kind of disaster movie, the chronicle of an impending catastrophe that creeps up on its victims…

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By Martha K. Baker (133) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 19 Jan 2018

Along with Susan Rice, this team manifests President Obama's exhortation that we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed…

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