| Original Score: high +1 out of -4..+4 | Jul 27, 2007

The approach to recording the story is everything its subjects aren't.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 28, 2007

Vivid, dramatic stuff.

| Mar 1, 2007

The intensity of the opposition and the deep fissures it revealed in the fabric of American civil discourse are still astonishing.

| Feb 8, 2006

If there's a weakness here, it's that there's no challenge whatsoever in making a closed-minded right-wing nutcase look crazy

Full Review | Nov 17, 2005

An interesting and anger inducing documentary.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 8, 2005

The problem is that Greenstreet apparently had no idea what kind of movie he wanted to make.

| Sep 8, 2005

As boisterous as it is sobering.

Full Review | Sep 2, 2005

It lacks the substance to sustain its feature-length running time.

Full Review | Aug 29, 2005

Greenstreet's film works as yet another painful reminder of the death of political discourse.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2005

Compelling, intriguing, utterly absorbing.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 24, 2005

A hard-hitting documentary about the heated nature of the cultural wars in America and the hallowedness of free speech.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2005

No matter where you stand, This Divided State has a patriotic, galvanizing effect.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 19, 2005

It's a brave and highly commendable effort that's chock-full of chilling moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2005

The 25-year-old filmmaker takes no sides himself. Wisely, he allows folks of all opinions to put their feet in their mouths all by themselves.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2005

[It] plays like the ultimate anti-travelogue.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2005

Director Steve Greenstreet captures all the hubbub on film but, while he makes the point that we are indeed a house divided, he can't quite persuade us that this particular situation is a metaphoric example of our national malaise.

| Original Score: C | Aug 18, 2005

Raw, chaotic and engagingly eager, This Divided State juxtaposes candid interviews with scenes of unrest as Mr. Greenstreet rushes gamely from one hot spot to another.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 18, 2005

This Divided State develops into a lively but simpleminded valentine to liberal tolerance.

Full Review | Aug 17, 2005

[Captures] a part of the story that was overlooked by most media: the spirited discussions among students who suddenly realized they had a stake in their nation's politics.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 15, 2005