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The Playlist by Chris Barsanti
Gibney’s movie points fingers not just at the people it argues carried out the killing, but the highly-placed figures who covered up for them.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
90
Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan
Long and detailed and frequently terrifying, Alex Gibney’s documentary about a 1994 massacre in a pub in Northern Ireland is investigative journalism at its rigorous best.
50
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
What Mr. Gibney uncovers is grave and shocking and could make a viewer concerned for the safety of the filmmaker. But its presentation is flawed.
60
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Though we care for those who lost loved ones, and root for them as they pursue a decades-long hunt for the killers, No Stone Unturned plays like a very well made piece of true-crime television.
58
At its heart, No Stone Unturned is a simple story shrouded in sad facts of the bigger one that surrounds it.
63
RogerEbert.com by Matt Zoller Seitz
No Stone Unturned at times veers close to a rant. It's clear that Gibney is going for something along the lines of Errol Morris' "The Thin Blue Line," which also used stylized re-creations, but the pieces don't fit together as neatly here.
60
It is told with characteristic precision, compassion and determination by its prolific director.
50
In a strange way, the movie, as doggedly made as it is, remains stubbornly uncompelling. That, I think, is because Gibney’s own connection to the subject, while it charges him with righteous passion, has resulted in a rare loss of perspective.
60
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
For all his commitment and drive, Gibney shows us the trees but not the wood, and never quite nails the cover-up itself.
30
Gibney may encourage viewers to condemn the police, but his self-righteous editorializing doesn’t make up for the lack of convincing evidence.