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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumWhile largely effective, Greenwald's documentary is not a complete success.
- 70L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertThe result is a fast-paced, brilliantly edited indictment that's as hard to turn away from as it is infuriating to watch. The irony, of course, is that Greenwald deploys the tricks of the trade every bit as knowingly as the evil geniuses at Fox.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceAlready a top-selling DVD thanks to PR support from moveon.org, numerous media outlets, political blogs, and even Doonesbury, Outfoxed argues that Fox News's pro-Republican bias is top-down.
- 60SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinWhen those talking heads metamorphose into familiar ranting heads, it becomes another mesmerizing right-wing horror show.
- 60Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonLeft-wing filmmaker's attempt to call foul on megamedia owner Murdoch's exclamation-point news network.
- 50VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyThe film lacks the accompanying media spotlight that boosted the Moore release and therefore appears unlikely to reach beyond a liberal audience with an already vehement aversion to Fox News' partisan coverage.
- 50The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensOutfoxed will inevitably be discussed in the same breath (or with the same hyperventilating rage) as Michael Moore's ''Fahrenheit 9/11,'' but it lacks both the showmanship and the scope of that incendiary film.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirWhen you watch Greenwald's barrage of pirated Fox News footage -- his filmmaking techniques are clearly testing the outer limits of the "fair use" doctrine, and may yet land him in court -- it's an overwhelming experience well beyond the hoot-inducing moments.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranKeeps its filmmakers behind the camera and does without the personality-driven "Fahrenheit's" sarcastic sense of humor.
- 40Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallIn throwing hatchets at Murdoch and his silly Fox network while pretending the rest of the media world is fine and objective, the film comes across as a shrill, one-note slam against a very easy target.