[A] kaleidoscopic, somewhat random, yet always involving approach to a major concept that, despite the wealth and breadth of Taylor's offerings here, feels like just the first step in surveying anew where democracy stands.

| Feb 22, 2019

[Taylor] presents an inclusive and necessary debate, asking whether democracy today really is of, by, and for the people, and if it ever was.

| Feb 14, 2019

Unfocused but consistently engaging.

| Jan 16, 2019

Like democracy itself, the movie assumes such a broad mandate and has such noble intentions that indicating its shortcomings seems almost beside the point.

| Jan 15, 2019

The film indexes the manner in which democracy has become abstracted and polluted, especially by governmental capitulation to the meddling interests of free-market capitalism.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 4, 2019

An extended and good-looking essay, it serves as a sharp reminder to pay attention to politics and to remember that the personal and the local are political.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2018