Synopsis
A journey that takes the viewers across the icy mid-winter snows of Alaska to meet her school friends, family, and Republican colleagues, to try and discover the real Sarah Palin.
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Cast
- Nick BroomfieldHimself
- Sarah PalinHerself (archive footage)
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
Though a great deal of this material (e.g., Troopergate) seems like old news, Broomfield is so dogged that he makes a case, in a deeper way than we've seen, that there's a terrifying remorselessness to Palin's feuding nature. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Sarah Palin -You Betcha! is probably the scariest movie you will see all year. - 70
Boxoffice Magazine
As divisive as his documentary "Kurt and Courtney," this made-for-British-TV doc by Nick Broomfield begins with the promise of neutrality - but it's a promise the film can't keep. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Fleshing out now-familiar tales of misconduct and bad judgment, Palin investigation is entertaining but holds no dramatic discoveries. - 50
Observer
In case you think Sarah Palin-You Betcha! is a hit job on an easy subject, see the movie and learn something. It's terrifying, but in all fairness, no disgrace, no rumor of extramarital affairs in office, no broadside is explored unless it can be substantiated. - 40
Variety
Shovels enough dirt on the Tea Party guru and self-described hockey mom to satisfy her haters, but lacks sufficient humor and insight to make it a must-see for anyone outside the Brit muckraker's fan base. - 40
Time Out
Palin may have lost her taste for the responsibilities of office, but thanks to Broomfield's barely veiled condescension, this slightly prejudiced portrait could win her more supporters than it loses. - 40
The New York Times
It feels warmed over, devoid of urgency and, in spite of Mr. Broomfield's on-camera displays of doggedness, lacking in curiosity.
