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Exit: The Right to Die (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 8  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.9/10

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Synopsis: This powerful documentary focuses on a Swiss organization that helps the terminally ill prepare themselves for assisted suicide, which is legal in that country. Rather than being bleak or depressing, the film focuses on the uplifting and freeing aspects of men and women taking control of... This powerful documentary focuses on a Swiss organization that helps the terminally ill prepare themselves for assisted suicide, which is legal in that country. Rather than being bleak or depressing, the film focuses on the uplifting and freeing aspects of men and women taking control of their own deaths. Focusing on both the clients and the volunteers who struggle to assist them as best they can, EXIT is a fascinating examination of life, death, and choice. [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Fernand Melgar
Producer: Florence Adam

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Even if it were all staged, Exit: The Right to Die would be a profound and moving experience.

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03/01/07
Eric Monder
Film Journal International
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If the film’s lack of emotionalism deprives it of dramatic energy, it also forces viewers to react to a highly charged issue intellectually and on the merits, rather than out of manipulated passion.

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10/30/06
Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine
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Would that all death be so peaceful.

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10/25/06
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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It's not the kind of documentary that leaves you feeling like you've only heard one side of the debate, that certain unsettling truths have been tactically avoided.

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10/25/06
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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This earnest documentary about assisted suicide plays like a stodgy promotional film for the Swiss organization Exit A.D.M.D., which helps terminally ill patients end their own lives.

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10/24/06
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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[Exit] makes a strong implicit case for a cause supported by a growing number of Americans.

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10/24/06
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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No one here gets out alive, as Jim Morrison put it before the End, though in Switzerland one at least has the chance of booking a smoother passage from insufferable pain to whatever comes next.

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10/24/06
Rob Nelson
Village Voice
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For our information, Fernand Melgar's Exit attempts to dispel misconceptions surrounding euthanasia.

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10/13/06
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
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A talky but vivid documentary exhibiting the work ofan organization in Switzerland that helps people die,i.e. assisted suicide.

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10/09/06
Harvey S. Karten
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