Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2002
The Weather Underground (film)
Buy The Weather Underground (film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Weather Underground' is a 2002 documentary film based on the rise and fall of the American radical organization Weather Underground.[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-weather-underground-2003 Roger Ebert]
Summary
Using archive footage from the time as well as interviews with the Weathermen in the modern day, the film constructs a linear narrative of the organization and serves as a cautionary tale.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiAbHmwIwGs Official Trailer]
Reception
Critical response
'The Weather Underground' has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, and an average rating of 7.79/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Fascinating documentary about the militant Weathermen".[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_weather_underground Rotten Tomatoes] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-weather-underground Metacritic]Accolades
The film, directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel, won the audience choice award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival and went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2004.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Hn4SeunPM Documentary Short and Feature Film Oscar Winners in 2004-Oscars on YouTube]See also
*'Underground'
*'The Company You Keep'
*'American Pastoral', the 2016 film adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about American left-wing terrorism
References
Buy The Weather Underground (film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2002