Synopsis
Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.
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Cast
- Patricia CallahanHerself
- Matthew CrawfordHimself
- Stanton A. GlantzHimself
- Katharine HeyhoeHerself
Recommendations
- 100
Los Angeles Times
This enthralling film, based on the book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, is as fascinating as it is horrifying. - 100
Los Angeles Times
This enthralling film, based on the book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, is as fascinating as it is horrifying. - 88
Slant Magazine
An issues documentary that scores its points through a seductive combination of clearly stated arguments and pithy humor. - 88
Slant Magazine
An issues documentary that scores its points through a seductive combination of clearly stated arguments and pithy humor. - 80
Variety
An intelligent, solidly argued and almost too-polished takedown of America’s spin factory — that network of professional fabricators, obfuscators and pseudo-scientists who have lately attempted to muddle the scientific debate around global warming — this is a movie so intrigued by its designated villains that it almost conveys a perverse form of admiration, and the fascination proves contagious. - 80
Variety
An intelligent, solidly argued and almost too-polished takedown of America’s spin factory — that network of professional fabricators, obfuscators and pseudo-scientists who have lately attempted to muddle the scientific debate around global warming — this is a movie so intrigued by its designated villains that it almost conveys a perverse form of admiration, and the fascination proves contagious. - 75
Movie Nation
Merchants of Doubt has its moments when the professional deniars hem and haw about who pays them to do what they do. But mostly, they’re glib, smug, self-confessed and self-righteous tools of Big Coal, Big Chemical or Big Oil. - 75
New York Post
As they’re akin to spectators at a magic show, viewers ought to keep an eye out for what the Merchants of Doubt don’t want us to see.
