Documentary Reviews: 2000-2009

BEST OVERALL DOCUMENTARY


BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY


BEST SOCIAL SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY


BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY


BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY
Capturing The Friedmans

BEST MUSIC-RELATED DOCUMENTARY


BEST BIOGRAPHY


DOCUMENTARY LIST:
Street Fight (2005): A
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006): A
Spellbound (2002): A
Word Wars (2004): A
Bigger Stronger Faster (2007): A [Human Interest / Current Events]
Maxed Out (2006): A-
The Future of Food (2004): A- [Current Issues]
Biggie & Tupac (2002): A-
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): A-
No End In Sight (2007): A- [Recent History Retelling]
Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006): A-
e-Dreams (2002): A-
Capturing The Friedmans (2003): A-?
Beef (2003): A-?
An Inconvinient Truth (2005): A- [Speaker(s)]
Welcome to Deathrow (2001): B+
Super Size Me (2004): B+
Backstage (2000): B
Bowling for Columbine (2002): B
March of the Penguins (2005): B [Science]
The Heart of The Game (2005): B
Life and Debt (2001): B [History]
Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004): B
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006): B [Investigative Journalism]
So Goes The Nation (2006): B [Story of 2004 Election from Ohio POV - A Retelling]
Can Mr. Smith Get To Washington Anymore? (2006): B
Everything's Cool (2007): B [Current Issues]
Confessions of a Superhero (2007): B [Human Interest]
Control Room (2004): B [Recent History Retelling]
ENRON: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2005): B?
Hacking Democracy (2006): B?
In Debt We Trust (2006): B-
Beef 2 (2004): B-
McLibel (2005): C+ [Legal Retelling]
The Business of Being Born (2007): C+ [Lopsided conversation about how one chooses to give birth - Also, has story aspects]
The Future We Will Create (2007): C+ [Speaker(s)]
The Corporation (2004): C
The Hunting of the President (2004): C?
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008?): TBD [Biography]


OLDER DOCUMENTARIES:
Hoop Dreams (1994): A-
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky (1993): B?
Roger and Me (1989): B-?
The Show (1995): B
When We Were Kings (1996): B?

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