Eloquent, meticulously structured documentary -- Sober political and legal analysis alternates with grim first-hand accounts of torture and murder in a film that has the structure of a choral symphony that swells to a bittersweet finale.
90
VarietyDeborah Young
VarietyDeborah Young
It's hard to walk away unaffected from this heartfelt, well-researched, feature-length documentary.
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
The Pinochet Case is a searing album of remembrance from those who, having survived, suffered most.
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Because stateside newspapers aren't enough, "The Battle of Chile" (possibly the most riveting and vital historical document ever put on celluloid) should be a prerequisite to Guzmán's new doc, The Pinochet Case.
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman's powerful and sometimes triumphant documentary is not only an excellent overview of the affair, but serves as the perfect finale to his monumental trilogy about the coup and its aftermath, which began with "The Battle of Chile" (1978).
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
A riveting documentary.
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The film is at its most compelling when the witnesses are telling their stories, and at its least in covering Pinochet's circuitous legal route to Britain's House of Lords.