Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:34
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: This political documentary about protests during the Liberian Civil War is an uplifting celebration of the capacity of everyday people to affect great change.
Runtime: 72 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: History has many unacknowledged heroes and this documentary examines a group of women who fought for peace in Liberia, campaigning to end the country's devastating civil war. Crossing religious and... [More]
Director: Gini Reticker
Reviews for Pray the Devil Back to Hell
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Although filling the watcher with the same sort of outrage that inspired the women to stand up and be counted, this is, at heart, a testimony to the power of solidarity and sisterhood through a single purpose. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's an outstanding story, which makes up for Pray's moviemaking deficiencies. Full Review |
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3/4 |
An object lesson in interfaith cooperation and an instructional manual for people committed to making systemic political change through nonviolent means. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The film is brief and not especially creative in its storytelling, but nonetheless unforgettable; this remarkable story deserved to be captured on film. Full Review |
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Limitations aside, it's highly stirring stuff. Full Review |
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4/4 |
This illuminating film by director Gini Reticker and producer Abigail Disney is a much-needed attempt to put the spotlight on a moment of history that still inspires. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A modest but effective work of documentary uplift. Full Review |
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell is at once inspiring and horrific. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Pray the Devil uses its brief 72 minutes to tell one of the truly heartening international political stories of recent years. Full Review |
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The story of the women's groups -- Christian and Muslim, uniting for the first time in the nation's history -- is unbelievably inspiring. Full Review |
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The film shows that the women's peace movement, propelled by ordinary citizens, changed what was possible in Liberia. Full Review |
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Some political documentaries suffer from overselling the urgency of their agenda, but director Gini Reticker's Pray the Devil Back to Hell nicely underplays the significance of its subject. Full Review |
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Relates a powerful story with intelligence, concision and a minimum of distracting stylistic flourishes. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Inevitably, Reticker's style falls into monotony that works against the material. Ultimately, though, the power of that material overcomes flaws in presentation. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Offers an inspiring portrait of conscientious citizens working to make a change. Yes they can, indeed. Full Review |
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4/5 |
An economically told, extremely powerful story. Full Review |
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Pray The Devil Back To Hell is overly conventional as a documentary, but it's inspiring as a rebuttal to the declining state of the world at large. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Winner of the Best Documentary award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Full Review |
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the power of the material overcomes flaws in presentation Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Pray the Devil Back to Hell
November 19, 2008:
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November 04, 2008:
A glorious tribute to a bi-partisan sisterhood of Christian and Muslim women fed up with having to raise their children amidst the incessant slaughter, raping and looting of the Liberian civil war.
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October 20, 2008:
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