The Red Chapel becomes an infectiously funny, gonzo glimpse into the sausage-making process of propaganda.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Uniting Sacha Baron Cohen's daredevilry with Werner Herzog's bombast, Brügger aims to expose "the evilness of North Korea" with a gloriously incoherent, kazoo-and-whoopee-cushion–inflected stage show starring a self-proclaimed "spastic."
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For boldness of execution as well as vision, The Red Chapel stands out as a singular, important comedy.
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The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger
The product - sloppy even by guerrilla filmmaking standards - has no revelations to offer that are worth the slog of watching it.