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The Divide

The Divide

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  • United Kingdom,
  • United States
  • 2015
  • · 78m

Director Katharine Round
Cast Noam Chomsky, Max Hastings, Richard G. Wilkinson, Robert Frank, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Marmot
Genre Documentary

Seven individuals strive for a better life in modern-day America and the UK, where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. By plotting these tales together, we uncover how virtually every aspect of our lives is controlled by one factor: the size of the gap between rich and poor.

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What are critics saying?

83

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

The Divide manages to transcend its numerous flaws while indulging them: No matter where it falters, the underlying purpose stays put.

50

Movieline by Alison Willmore

These characters are at best doodles, and none of the performances are able to tease more depth out of them.

40

Los Angeles Times by Mark Olsen

Director Xavier Gens seems to have set out to fashion a taut, under-siege thriller, but he never lets the innate drama of the situation play out; too often, events are accompanied by loud thumps and whooshes on the soundtrack.

38

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen

Valuable life lessons always come at a steep price, and this one is no exception. Sorry, but you'll have to shell out for The Divide and then suffer through its nearly two hours of bloody inanities. Weigh the balance, make your choice.