Highly compelling, if overlong and overwrought.
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10/04/07
Lake of Fire (2007)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:48
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Lake of Fire's engaging interviews and powerful black-and-white visuals make for a riveting and honest documentary about a very controversial topic.
Runtime: 2 hrs 32 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Director Tony Kaye (AMERICAN HISTORY X) helms this black-and-white documentary about one of the most controversial issues in America: abortion.
Director: Tony Kaye
Reviews for Lake of Fire
Along with Kay’s masterful compositions, effulgent black and white cinematography elevates the material over typical documentary filmmaking.
10/05/07
Lake of Fire doesn't tell you what to decide, it just gives you as much information as possible to make the choice yourself.
11/08/07
A 2 1/2 -hour documentary on abortion may sound like a hard sell, but the depth and scope of Tony Kaye's grueling Lake of Fire nonetheless justifies feeling like you've just taken a long, blistering soak in one.
10/12/07
Top Criticit's hard to imagine a more honest and clear-headed documentary that's been made or will be made on the subject of abortion.
10/02/07
The astonishing feat of the documentary Lake of Fire is that it takes a topic about which everyone is always telling us what to think and manages to do justice to both sides. Or rather, all sides.
11/09/07
As the U.S. elections media coverage becomes incessant, it's worth keeping in mind that actual listening to other "sides" can be enlightening.
01/17/08
This sprawling, scary, nearly unbearable film [is] more important than ever.
10/01/07
Lake of Fire does something with the volatile subject of abortion that neutral observers and even political partisans can appreciate: It offers a wide representation of perspectives and opinions.
10/19/07
Tony Kaye (American History X) docu is a powerful mixture of ethical, philosophical, and religious viewpoints about the controversial, divisive abortion debate in the U.S.
09/23/07
Tony (American History X) Kaye's ambitious docu is a powerful mixture of ethical, philosophical, political, and religious viewpoints about the controversial abortion debate in the U.S., aspiring to be a definitive work on the contentious subject.
09/23/07
[A] passionate meditation on the fiery issue.
10/03/07
Wherever you stand on the volatile issue of abortion, Tony Kaye's exhaustive documentary could dislodge your certainties with a broad survey of opinion from opposite extremes and explicit depictions of medical procedures.
10/04/07
Upsetting, engrossing, engaging documentary on abortion.
10/19/07
Kaye denies that his film has a political bias, but it does.
10/17/07
An absorbing doc that punctuates the idea that abortion, legal or banned, is not a black-and-white issue but is in a political gray zone.
09/30/07
A provocatively beautiful movie on the hottest hot-button issue in American life: a woman's right to an abortion.
10/02/07
You may not leave the theater having switched sides, but you'll probably respect the other side more, and that in itself would be a victory for human life.
12/04/07
Fascinating but unsettling.
11/08/07
The film shows shocking footage of actual abortions in progress and the remains of aborted fetuses, as well as the appalling images of murdered abortion clinicians and the horrifying testimonies of pro-life fanatics who are convinced all abortionists shou
06/01/09
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