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Metascore
18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe result is a compelling but chilling film, one that is inevitably disheartening and disturbing as it details both how Ailes came to understand the nature and power of fear and how he honed his craft until he could sell fear to his fellow citizens like it was going out of style.
- 80The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergIt conveys a credible sense of Ailes’s psychology through the testimony of peers and co-workers who witnessed his ruthlessness firsthand.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAlexis Bloom’s keenly insightful and deeply depressing documentary is probably best viewed not as a record of the past but a document of what’s to come.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger Moore“Divide” is a damning film, with just enough new material to entice the curious.
- 75Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanUltimately, Divide and Conquer offers useful lessons — and maybe even a little hope — for people on both sides of the national divide, about just how we came to this terrible, but not irreversible, place.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid Ehrlich"Divide and Conquer” illustrates the similarities between Ailes and Trump so well that the documentary’s happy ending can’t help but leave behind a queasy aftertaste: Ailes may be dead, but he’s still the most powerful man in the world.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonAlexis Bloom's damning documentary is a competent but conventional affair, highly watchable but low on fresh angles or bombshell revelations.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoAlthough it’s good to have a critical accounting of his role in modern American politics, most of what we see here has been reported elsewhere, and this documentary seems aimed at rallying the troops.
- 50The Film StageDaniel SchindelThe Film StageDaniel SchindelIt’s always frustrating when a documentary is so intent on one story that it plainly misses a more interesting one that’s, just… right there.