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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 30 Mar 2014

Morris proceeds with bonhomie and patience in this documentary interrogation of Donald Rumsfeld; the result is a masterwork of political epistemology…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 30 Mar 2014

Damning, but even the dogged Errol Morris can't land the knockout punch on the slippery, buck-passing Rummy…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 27 Mar 2014

The great documentarian Errol Morris did not have to work too hard to satirize Rumsfeld…

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By Michael Leader (59) for Film4 (1,522) on 27 Mar 2014

Not quite the interrogation that some viewers would want, The Unknown Known is nonetheless a compelling peek into the mind of recent American…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 23 Mar 2014

Built around Rumsfeld's obsessive habit of pumping out memos, the film yields little insight into the deep agenda of America's war in Iraq,…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 21 Mar 2014

The unavoidable conclusion is that, rather than making any errors in presentation, Morris simply picked the wrong subject…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 20 Mar 2014

David Frost's soft approach to Nixon got results. This doesn't…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 20 Mar 2014

Morris still finds him fascinating. So, in a grimly compelled way, do we…

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By Tina Hassannia (118) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 20 Mar 2014

The great Errol Morris returns with a slippery profile of the slipperiest of the slippery politicians, Donald Rumsfeld…

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By Angie Errigo (463) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 16 Mar 2014

Dedicated to Morris’ champion, Roger Ebert, who would be proud, this is a provocative, revelatory and disturbing film…

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By Hannah Mcgill (136) for The List (2,018) on 13 Mar 2014

Revealing of a near-psychotic self-assurance, but doesn't make for a very nuanced or enlightening film…

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By Greg Klymkiw (20) for Electric Sheep (203) on 09 Mar 2014

The whole movie is a hoot from beginning to end, but what we're ultimately presented and left with is 102 minutes of lies - or, at the very…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 Feb 2014

[VIDEO ESSAY] The Unknown Known is a valuable window inside the warped mind of an irrational sociopath…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 19 Jan 2014

Errol Morris cross-examines ex-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld about Iraq, but with less success than he had grilling his predecessor Robert…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 17 Dec 2013

The movie frustrates you as Errol Morris seems to pick up the bad habit of his subject - tedious repetition…

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By Witney Seibold (272) for CraveOnline (813) on 12 Dec 2013

Perhaps that Morris was unable to stay wholly objective only speaks to the power of Rumsfeld's verbal manipulation…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Dec 2013

Tackling another secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, in The Unknown Known, Morris has finally met his match…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Nov 2013

If there's anybody who's untroubled by the invasion of Iraq, it's Donald Rumsfeld. Just ask him…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 13 Nov 2013

What we have on display here are the workings of a formidable intellect. The film is a case study in unbridled self-assurance…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Sep 2013

The fact that Morris applies the same basic methodology to The Unknown Known that he did to the The Fog Of War makes the contrast between the…

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