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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 16 Apr 2014

Though the pace occasionally flags during its two-hour running time, The Galapagos Affair is a fascinating look at a place of great beauty…

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By Moira Sullivan (52) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 14 Apr 2014

This assemblage is generally well-constructed…

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By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Apr 2014

What should be a gripping, true crime/mystery story gets often bogged down by a lack of focus from filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller,…

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By Robert Everett-Green (9) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 10 Apr 2014

Geller and Goldfine keep the story taut and engaging, except when they get distracted by the current inhabitants of Floreana, who say mostly…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 09 Apr 2014

There's nothing like a good story, and The Galapagos Affair: Satan Comes to Eden has a great one that grabs viewers from the first minute and…

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By Jonathan Kiefer (305) for SF Weekly (560) on 08 Apr 2014

If the movie tends to sprawl a little, that only reinforces its validity; too-tidy packaging might betray the telling, nuanced weirdness of…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Apr 2014

Unfortunately, while there’s enough fascinating material here for an hour-long documentary, this one runs two hours, with most of the present-day…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 03 Apr 2014

Truth is usually stranger, and often more intriguing, than fiction, and this well-told narrative is a perfect example…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 03 Apr 2014

One of those stranger-than-fiction documentaries that just gets weirder and weirder as you’re watching it…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 03 Apr 2014

The best part may very well be an actual 1932 silent movie, filmed on Floreana, and shown in its entirety in Galapagos Affair…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 02 Apr 2014

The Galapagos Affair would be a much stronger film were it not padded with the dull reminiscences and speculation of the settlers’ descendants…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 02 Apr 2014

Panning across still photos and scouring island maps like Ken Burns hunting for treasure, Geller and Goldfine (Ballets Russes) whittle a truly…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 02 Apr 2014

How anyone could make such an uninvolving movie out of such a fascinating subject remains its own inexplicable mystery…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 01 Apr 2014

Breathtaking scenery and slick editing, but convoluted, unfocused and overlong…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 31 Mar 2014

All of this is fascinating in the moment, yet the doc never yokes all these threads into anything particularly deep or illuminating…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 31 Mar 2014

Goldfine and Geller pace and structure The Galapagos Affair like the true-crime tale that it is, its mysteries rich and involving, its characters…

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By Wes Greene (110) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 30 Mar 2014

The material and resources are certainly substantial, but the filmmakers clumsily weave separate stories together without detailing anything…

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By Beth Hanna (13) for Thompson on Hollywood (89) on 30 Mar 2014

Constructing a true-crime film where all of the first-hand subjects are long gone is a tricky thing. Yet Geller and Goldfine rise to the challenge…

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