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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) - Movie Reviews - Page 2 of 2

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By Richardrad (12) on 14 Oct 2011

Absolutely riveting…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Oct 2011

A remarkable feat of personalized biography…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 12 Oct 2011

The Man Nobody Knew is packed with knowledge of another sort. It amounts to an absorbing, sometimes appalling course in how U.S…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 23 Sep 2011

Carl Colby's deeply felt exploration of his father's life and career is as emotionally, as it is historically, intriguing, even if the filmmaker…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Kalvin Henely (58) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 22 Sep 2011

At the same time that director Carl Colby probes into the true character of his mysterious father through an arsenal of interviews with those…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Sep 2011

Fascinating, deeply researched documentary about the long career of elusive CIA spymaster William Colby by his son provides more lessons about…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Andy Webster (339) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 Sep 2011

Carl Colby's smart, fact-packed film The Man Nobody Knew operates on many levels, all riveting…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 21 Sep 2011

Oddly, the director's personal connection with his subject adds little warmth, filmmaker Carl proving nearly as unemotional as his deadpan dad…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Alison Willmore (681) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Sep 2011

The Man Nobody Knew is far better with matters of the public record than with matters of the home, which may sum up its subject better than…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 20 Sep 2011

The film occasionally skews a little on the PBS-dry side, but in terms of looking back on a legacy of American skullduggery and high-level…

Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

By Aaron Hillis (362) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Sep 2011

Respectful, loving, but never lionizing, Carl's thorough investigation transcends his personal catharsis to become an enduring treatise on…

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