The Shock Doctrine
Seen it?2009 | 82 min | Documentary
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 22 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 111K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
- Kieran O'BrienNarrator (Voice)
- Naomi KleinSelf
- Milton FriedmanSelf
- John MajorSelf (archive footage)
- Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
- Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
- Saddam HusseinSelf (archive footage)
- Condoleezza RiceSelf (archive footage)
- Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
- Alan GreenspanSelf (archive footage)