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Fidel (2001) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Fidel (2001) a score of 2.1709 out of 4
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Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Purely propaganda, a work of unabashed hero worship, it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U.S. foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Full of detail about the man and his country, and is well worth seeing. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's greatness. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart)Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Ninety minutes of Viva Castro! can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms' anti- Castro rhetoric, which are included ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Janice Page)Boston Globe (Janice Page)
Audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the Castro regime in less than saintly tones. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Boston Globe (Janice Page)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Has the kitsch appeal of a farm implement on a restaurant wall, or an Andy Warhol Mao poster: Interesting, but not for its original purpose. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Any film that doesn't even in passing mention political prisoners, poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Fidel (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
The lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary. ...read the complete Fidel movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
 
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