What makes "Ivory Tower" interesting is how it looks at not just the debt but the causes behind it, and other problems besetting higher education.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 10, 2014

A groaning table of food for thought - almost too much for one movie, though presented with remarkable deftness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 26, 2014

"Ivory Tower" makes a persuasive case that the gravest epidemic that's spreading from college campuses isn't student-loan debt but attention-deficit disorder.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 26, 2014

One of the most interesting discoveries is that it's not just students who are in debt. In the spirit of competitiveness, colleges have had to up the ante.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2014

Rossi gives us a survey course when what we need is a seminar; the movie is a useful "What's Wrong With College 101" but the advanced study remains to be done.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 19, 2014

Though the filmmakers take on too much in 90 minutes, they pass the test by convincing us that something needs to be done to end this financial nightmare, which can cost $60,000 per year per student.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2014

A sobering look at the cost of higher education.

| Original Score: B | Jun 16, 2014

Ivory Tower lays out most, though certainly not all, of the major issues surrounding the sky-high increase in college tuition that is plaguing the cause of higher education in America.

| Original Score: B | Jun 13, 2014

The crucial question that "Ivory Tower" fails to ask is the most important one of all: What do we do now?

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 13, 2014

Can't seem to decide what points it wants to make and ends up making none.

| Jun 13, 2014

Although stronger on breadth than focus, it's an appropriately stimulating take on a far-from-sustainable system ...

| Jun 13, 2014

If you're considering college for your children or are just a concerned citizen, this comprehensive documentary gives you a lot to ponder.

| Jun 12, 2014

Though it makes a powerful case for the value of higher education, the film also asks pointed questions about reasonable expectations and what needs to be revamped.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 12, 2014

This insightful doc from director Andrew Rossi addresses topics that get more polarizing each year: the high cost of college, the factors that dictate who's educated in this country and the culture that surrounds those decisions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 12, 2014

Rossi's scathing (yet seemingly fair) documentary doesn't just illustrate the institutional ironies of modern education. It also strives to understand why tuition is at an all-time high when knowledge is practically free.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 12, 2014

Crucial stuff.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2014

What the film does accomplish is making you think ...

| Jun 10, 2014

The documentary is more interested in covering all its bases than making sure it fully has its foot on each base.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 10, 2014

A stimulating and upsetting look at how high tuition and huge student loans have created a perfect storm over American colleges.

| Jun 9, 2014