7.3
Sicko
2007
“Oligarch. Prisoner. Dissident.”
Citizen K (2019)
December 13, 20192h 6mRU
6.7
30 votes
Overview
The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
Director
Alex GibneyWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$148K
Production Companies
Jigsaw ProductionsPassion PicturesStoryteller Productions
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Stephen Campbell
6.0_**Factually comprehensive but suffers from an over-idealisation of its subject**_ >_I am not hiding and I don't plan to become a political émigré. If it's a choice of forcing me out of the country or putting me in gaol, then they'll have to put me in gaol._ - Mikhail Khodorkovsky (July 3, 2003) As superficially entertaining a show as it was, _Sons of Anarchy_ always had one especially egregious flaw – no matter who opposed the titular biker gang, the show went out of its way to paint them as utterly corrupt and/or amoral, and so compared to them, the bikers (who just so happen to dea…
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SWITCH.
8.0'Citizen K' makes an interesting companion piece to Herzog's 'Meeting Gorbachev', which captured the promise of 1989 and mourned what came next. Gibney's documentary is essential viewing for anyone needing a history lesson about Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, wants a frontline report on the current geopolitical landscape in Europe - including Ukraine - or just wants to know what it takes to bring down a towering political figure. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-citizen-k-the-rapid-rise-and-thunderous-fall-of-a-russian-oli…
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2.0Western propaganda from the pen of a smug self-made man who tries to mitigate his moral failings.