Outrage Reviews
| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 9, 2011
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 9, 2011
Outrage succeeds as activism, but it excels as a window into certain political psyches.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 4, 2009
[A] passionate, engaging, but sometimes irresponsible expos.
| May 29, 2009
The film's pretty good about saying why so much in the culture encourages a political life in the closet, either tacitly or directly. But even The Advocate had a problem with calling it a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 29, 2009
It's an excellent film that has the potential to stand at a turning point in history and it's a must-see.
| May 22, 2009
As always, Dick brings passion and immediacy to what's essentially a series of talking heads; his position on the issue is clear and powerfully argued.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2009
As public officials, do closeted politicians deserve to be outed? The targets of Kirby Dick's provocative documentary are branded by their hypocrisy, making them -- in the eyes of those represented here -- fair game.
| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2009
It's a film that will cause a lot of talk, but its most compelling aspects are not its most obvious ones.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009
Hypocrisy? Your call.
| Original Score: 2/4 | May 8, 2009
Outrage is essential viewing -- a film that offers a window into modern politics, and the political obstacles faced by gays and lesbians around the country.
| Original Score: 4/4 | May 8, 2009
By letting others do the heavy lifting, the filmmaker comes off as more than a little reticent, a quality in tune with the overall tone of his latest.
| May 8, 2009
This indignant and methodical documentary offers a lot of insight into the ideology and psychology of present-day political homophobia.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 8, 2009
This film is a muckraking provocation whose time has come.
| Original Score: 3/4 | May 7, 2009
Despite its title, Outrage is calm, riveting, and provocative, taking pride in officials who come out and and taking aim at those who remain closeted.
| Original Score: 3/4 | May 7, 2009
A crisp, efficient, sometimes petty but often infuriating documentary about alleged gay politicians who actively campaign and vote against gay rights.
| May 7, 2009
After a relatively dry beginning, the film builds in passion and intensity until attaining a stirring cumulative power.
| Original Score: B+ | May 7, 2009
Outrage more than lives up to its title and should spark vociferous debate.
Full Review | May 7, 2009
You'd expect a documentary about closeted gay politicians who hide their sexuality behind virulently antigay voting records to be a diatribe. But Kirby Dick's furious, deft, revealing film is humane enough to separate the sinner from the sin.
| Original Score: A- | May 6, 2009
Outrage isn't after punitive embarrassment, but the gloves definitely come off.
| Original Score: 4/6 | May 6, 2009