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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayMorgen plunges viewers completely into the anarchic, exhilarating, finally ambiguous world of 1968 America; his final stroke of genius is his choice of music, which includes a breathtaking use of Eminem's "Mosh."
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIn its best moments, and they are considerable, Chicago 10 makes you see 1968, that near-apocalyptic year, with fresh eyes, as an extraordinary turning point in history now at least partly set free from boomer nostalgia and regret.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanChicago 10 is well worth seeing, if only because a good half of the film is devoted to extraordinary footage of the four days of rage that spawned the trial.
- Morgen’s best achievement is the news footage, more detailed looks at events outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel and in Chicago parks than you typically see on TV rehashes.
- 75The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonChicago 10 is a lot of fun, but it could stand to take its subjects a little more seriously, if only because they themselves are so frequently goofy that mocking them is complete overkill.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe movie stylishly portrays the story of the Chicago Seven with archival footage and animated sequences. Without reference to or retrospection from the present, Morgen crafts a film that is as pertinent as ever.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA vibrantly crafted evocation of a convulsive moment in 20th century American history, Chicago 10 is far less interested in offering a fresh, probing look at what took place on the streets during the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the circus trial that followed than it is in celebrating the stars of the anti-war movement and rallying the current generation to follow their examples.
- 63PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyThe courtroom scenes are the animated ones…and said animation looks rather cruder than your average PS3 game.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanHowever authentically chaotic, Chicago 10 is insufficiently frenzied.
- 50USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigAn ambitious and occasionally illuminating hybrid documentary. But a cacophony of sights and sounds and a disjointed narrative dilute the message.