George Bernard Shaw once noted that it would take an unreasonable man to change the world. Love him or hate him, Ralph Nader is an unreasonable man.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 26, 2020

Mantel's wonderful new Nader film, An Unreasonable Man is never able to crack the mystery of Nader's own ascetic life, although hairpins are dropped.

| May 21, 2020

An Unreasonable Man may not convince Nader's critics... but it remains a worthwhile examination of another side to a commonplace perception of Nader.

| Jan 29, 2020

Compelling Nader docu isn't just for lefties.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2010

...the career of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, in an adoring hagiography...

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2007

This fascinating documentary examines the issues raised by Nader's runs for the presidency...that shone a powerful light into our grubby political shadows, and also played a part...that twice put George W. Bush into the White House.

| May 2, 2007

It can't help but remind us that the man Nader prevented from becoming president has since been more instrumental in the war on environmental pollution than any other public figure. Irony abounds.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007

Ralph Nader gives and he takes away.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 11, 2007

... the not-so-subtle message of the movie is that the unreasonableness that gave us seat belts and clean air also gave us Bush, Iraq and the neo-conservative nightmare.

| Original Score: B | Apr 9, 2007

You may walk away from it still wondering why Nader persisted in running for president in 2004 after being repeatedly begged not to. But, whether or not you admire the decision, the film forces you to admire the determination with which Nader made it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 7, 2007

It's that willingness, even eagerness, to put in such passionate contrary viewpoints that distinguishes "An Unreasonable Man" from the usual political documentary.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 6, 2007

An Unreasonable Man doubles as both a thinkpiece and a sympathetic portrait of its subject. But like Nader, the film is a little long-winded and infuriatingly single-minded.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2007

The filmmakers present compelling evidence of Nader's legacy ... but they also let Nader off the hook [for his role in allowing] the Bush administration's dismantling of that very legacy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 30, 2007

This documentary starts out as a fascinating profile of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, but it ends up getting derailed by a political discussion marked by an abundance of whining.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 29, 2007

Unlike most recent documentaries, An Unreasonable Man doesn't just preach to the choir.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 29, 2007

this incisive and often surprising documentary captures a man of true and deeply held convictions without creating a hagiography

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 26, 2007

[K]ind of sad, and kind of telling -- this truly is a man who has dedicated his life to his work, and his work is us...

| Mar 21, 2007

The first half of the movie is an absorbing study of this part of Nader's public life, and then it switches -- as he did -- to politics, where the results for both him and the picture are less cheerful.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 16, 2007

An Unreasonable Man pays true homage to a man of vehemently held ideas by forcing us to engage our brains at the same high level of consciousness.

| Mar 16, 2007

Manages to launch a heated argument between Nader's supporters and a few detractors.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 9, 2007