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 "Works because we're never sure if Ohlinger's on the level or merely a dying, delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks."
-- Robert Wilonsky, DALLAS OBSERVER
"The casting of Raymond J. Barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger's impressive fake documentary."
-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
 "More of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"A fantastic premise anchors this movie, but what it needs is either a more rigid, Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format, or a more straightforward, dramatic treatment, with all the grandiosity that that implies."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"Gee, a second assassin shot Kennedy? Moot point."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"An achingly enthralling premise, the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses."
-- Luisa F. Ribeiro, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"As ex-Marine Walter, who may or may not have shot Kennedy, actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable."
-- Michael Phillips, CITYSEARCH
"Outside of Burger's desire to make some kind of film, it's really unclear why this project was undertaken"
-- John A. Nesbit, CULTUREDOSE.NET
"...best seen as speculative history, as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the Warren Report."
-- Philip Martin, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
"As an exercise in stripped-down filmmaking, Interview is grimly effective."
-- Moira MacDonald, SEATTLE TIMES
"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling. "Interview" loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into."
-- James E. Laczkowski, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"[Has] an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it’s all true."
-- MaryAnn Johanson, FLICK FILOSOPHER
"Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic, and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
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"Neil Burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present."
-- Nathan Shumate, COLD FUSION VIDEO REVIEWS
"...an impressive and challenging piece of work."
-- Paul Salfen, SUPERCALA.COM
"A fascinating and fun film."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"Consistently interesting, often suspenseful, and endearingly silly."
-- Eugene Novikov, FILM BLATHER
"It's an interesting effort (particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts), and Barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile."
-- Kim Morgan, OREGONIAN
"There's no reason to miss Interview with the Assassin"
-- Marty Mapes, MOVIE HABIT
"Whereas Oliver Stone's conspiracy thriller JFK was long, intricate, star-studded and visually flashy, Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity."
-- Dan Lybarger, NITRATE ONLINE
"May reawaken discussion of the Kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"Barry convinces us he's a dangerous, secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"A cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
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Avg. Rating: 6.3/10 |
"Consummate actor Barry has done excellent work here."
-- Patrick Z. McGavin, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with are terribly convincing, which is a pity, considering Barry's terrific performance."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"Never quite transcends jokester status ... and the punchline doesn't live up to Barry's dead-eyed, perfectly chilled delivery."
-- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE
"In the end, the movie bogs down in insignificance, saying nothing about Kennedy's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Resourceful and ingenious entertainment."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"[Barry] gives Assassin a disquieting authority."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"Begins as a promising meditation on one of America's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch, but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"The film's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political Blair Witch, a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"A savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in America's culture of fear."
-- Gary Dowell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
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"Writer-director Burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
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* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Interview with the Assassin" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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