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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 27 Jul 2011

A stereotype-shattering movie that's full of them, and one that may permanently change the way you think about violent crime in America…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Jul 2011

Witnessing outreach workers intervening in these situations is inspiring enough, but their subtlety and nuance in neutralizing people of different…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Jul 2011

The stories in The Interrupters, a hard wallop of a documentary, may weigh heavily on your heart and head, but they will also probably infuriate you…

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By Vadim Rizov (155) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 27 Jul 2011

James keeps viewer attention the whole time, despite forcing unnecessarily sentimental music on his footage and chopping his scenes down to…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 25 Jul 2011

The Interrupters reminds us of the powers and pleasures of well-crafted, immersive nonfiction filmmaking…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 24 Jul 2011

Steve James's The Interrupters runs long, but earns its heft…

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By Lauren Wissot (25) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Jul 2011

An inspirational and heartbreaking nail-biter, The Interrupters was more difficult for me to watch than any battle documentary I've seen in years…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Jul 2011

James captures candid counseling sessions and heated tussles with equal dynamism, but never quite earns his 164-minute running time…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 22 Jul 2011

This gripping and very long documentary traces a year in the life of a Chicago neighbourhood that's plagued by youth violence…

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By Jennifer Merin (124) for About.com (1,470) on 16 Jul 2011

Through chronicling CeaseFire's attempts to quell street violence, the filmmakers show how violence causes a downward spiral of despair…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 11 Jul 2011

An enlightening look at a method used in Chicago to head off violence before it starts…

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