What's the Matter with Kansas?

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Documentarian Joe Winston takes the premise of Thomas Frank's 2004 book of the same name -- namely that the GOP got working- and middle-class Midwesterners to vote Republican when it wasn't in their fiscal self-interest -- and puts it to the test.
Netflix Rating: 3.0
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: It's condescending, it's vague, it's unfair and, ultimately, it's pointless. full review

Kyle Smith, New York Post

The specific roots of a pervasive sense of disenfranchisement are barely described, as are strategies for liberals seeking to reclaim the state. full review

Andy Webster, New York Times

Paradoxically, the movie feels dated in the sense that it pre-dates both the recession and Obama's campaign, yet prescient in illuminating a crisis that plagues us today. full review

Michael Fox, Village Voice

Funny? Scary? Entirely logical? It all depends on your point of view, of course, and What's the Matter With Kansas? isn't likely to move viewers one way or another. full review

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

It's finally a very sad movie, because it speaks to the profound depths of the political division in this country. full review

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

Every single person in this film is seen as themselves, is allowed to speak and seems to have a good heart. I've rarely seen a documentary quite like it. It has a point to make but no ax to grind. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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