A.V. Club
For all its wealth of detail and thematic ambition, The Dissident is a good documentary that never quite becomes great.
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The Dissident
The director of Oscar-winning documentary Icarus lays out the facts behind the killing and cover-up of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul - a mystery that made headlines around the world.
2020Rating: M, Violence & content that may disturb119 minsUSA
Documentary
- Director:
- Bryan Fogel ('Icarus')
- Writer:
- Mark MonroeBryan Fogel
- Cast:
- Jamal KhashoggiOmar AbdulazizAgnès CallamardHatice Cengiz
The Dissident / Reviews
The Washington Post
Does the world need two documentaries about him, coming in rapid succession? Maybe not. But you wouldn’t go wrong by watching either one.
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Fogel proves that he is a major documentary storyteller with his completely shocking and gripping follow-up “The Dissident,” which assembles all of the many pieces behind Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination into a comprehensive narrative...
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IndieWire
It makes up for a dry and sometimes stilted filmmaking approach through sheer clarity of purpose.
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Screen Daily
The Dissident holds few new revelations but presents its case with enough infuriating evidence and storytelling power to make it worthwhile.
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Variety
Bryan Fogel's powerful documentary about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian Washington Post journalist, is an eye-opening thriller brew of corruption, cover-up, and real-world courage.
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Hollywood Reporter
This is a documentary both tragic and poignant, not to mention maddening in that only a few underlings, and not the perpetrators, will pay for the crime committed in Istanbul. The evidence is all here for the world to see.
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