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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) a score of 3.1017 out of 4
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for National Post (--)National Post (--)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and ChronicleRochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Fred Leuchter is just one deluded figure, but by the end of this great and chilling sick-joke documentary he stands as a living icon of the banality of evil. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
More reverie and meditation than reportage. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
Unsettling documentary is a gripping study of the banality of evil. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
This documentary offers one of the most pertinent looks at two highly charged emotional subjects: capital punishment and the Holocaust. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (--)Film Threat (--)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The hangman has no friends. That truth, I think, is the key to understanding Fred A. Leuchter Jr., a man who built up a nice little business designing Death Row machines, and then lost it when he became a star on the Holocaust denial circuit. Leuchter, th ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Frankie Paiva)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Frankie Paiva)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Frankie PaivaFrankie Paiva
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Slate (David Edelstein)Slate (David Edelstein)
The director's beautiful detachment suggests a kind of cowardice. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Using archly staged interviews and reconstructions that draw attention to the components of the documentary form, Morris does justice to the complexity of hot-button issues by suggesting several layers of subtext at once, portraying the articulate ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for TNT RoughCut (Don Kaye)TNT RoughCut (Don Kaye)
What's fascinating about Morris's riveting portrait is the notion that monsters can be born not just out of overwhelming evil, but pure egotism and stupidity -- much more mundane, yet still dangerous. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at TNT RoughCut (Don Kaye)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Seems more like a subtle, elegiac tone poem than an indictment of human banality and the evil that men do. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Wesley Morris)San Francisco Examiner (Wesley Morris)
Segues from the merely quirky into the bizarrely unthinkable. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Wesley Morris)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Morris' most gripping film since "The Thin Blue Line," is the year's scariest movie. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Brings the viewer up close and personal with the face of evil. ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
With his coolly objective moon's-eye view serving a story that's bizarre by even his long-established career standards, the great documentarian Errol Morris examines the perils of vanity - though others will understandably make more sinister ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Jason Janis)DVD Talk (Jason Janis)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Robert Strohmeyer)filmcritic.com (Robert Strohmeyer)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Chris JarmickChris Jarmick
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
What is evil? On the surface, that seems like a simple question to answer, but, to borrow a familiar maxim, the devil is in the details. For example, while most would accept that Hitler was evil, what about the men occupying the rungs of power immediately ...read the complete Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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