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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's a fascinating, haunting, unintentionally gruesome spectacle with, as Perry has said, echoes of Shakespearean tragedy.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensA cautionary essay on the risks to democracy posed by the fight against terrorism.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasIf the end justifies the means, it would be hard to deny that the legacy of Alberto Fujimori, the disgraced former President of Peru, is largely triumphant.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoPerry - who also produced, wrote and lensed - was able to talk Fujimori into letting her interview him on camera in Japan. He puts on a great show.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsFujimori comes off as amiable and in full denial, recalling the positive headlines of his presidency - and there were many - while laying the scandals off on Montesinos.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderTo her credit, Perry isn't taken in by Fujimori's attempts to distance himself from the controversies that plagued his presidency. Helped by Kim Roberts's excellent editing, she succinctly chronicles his unlikely ascent and subsequent collapse.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatPerry creates an objective yet not overly dry character study of the man, now a fugitive living in Japan, as he recalls his days in power.
- 70VarietyVarietyEllen Perry seems keenly aware, there is really no need to embellish the Fujimori story, which has enough unlikely melodrama for six Italian operas.
- 70Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe Fall of Fujimori is more-or less-than the flip side to last week's Film Forum Peru primer "State of Fear": It's a prismatic shudder, a maddening manifestation of historical ambivalence.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAlthough they’re not revealing in a "Barbara Walters gets the guest to cry" sense, the interview segments are queasily fascinating.