"Chicago 10" is all about rage and ridicule, kids against the cops. And when it's over you feel you were actually there.”
Staff Review | Kansas City Star
“Director Morgen earns high marks for finding a most innovative way to illustrate a regrettable chapter in American history.”
Kam Williams | Newsblaze
“This film is a perfect 10.”
Nathaniel Jonet | Blogger News Network
“Morgen plunges viewers completely into the anarchic, exhilarating, finally ambiguous world of 1968 America; his final stroke of genius is his choice of music, which includes a breathtaking use of Eminem's "Mosh."”
Ann Hornaday | Washington Post
“In its best moments, and they are considerable, Chicago 10 makes you see 1968, that near-apocalyptic year, with fresh eyes, as an extraordinary turning point in history now at least partly set free from boomer nostalgia and regret.”
Andrew O'Hehir | Salon.com
“A vibrantly crafted evocation of a convulsive moment in 20th century American history”
Todd McCarthy | Variety
“Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture) has made an electrifying picture. ”
J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader
“The result is Grade-A agitpop, a mixture of archival footage and cheeky, creative animated reconstruction that's funny and frightening in equal measure.”
Ty Burr | Boston Globe
“Sometimes the best way to relate history is to tinker with it and make it feel like a living thing. ”
Shawn Levy | Portland Oregonian
“Chicago 10 is well worth seeing, if only because a good half of the film is devoted to extraordinary footage of the four days of rage that spawned the trial.”
Owen Gleiberman | Entertainment Weekly
“Morgen's best achievement is the news footage, more detailed looks at events outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel and in Chicago parks than you typically see on TV rehashes.”
Sid Smith | Chicago Tribune
“Chicago 10 is a lot of fun”
Tasha Robinson | The Onion (A.V. Club)
“A provocative reflection of its rule-breaking subjects, Brett Morgen's political documentary re-examines the past while drawing unmissable parallels to the present.”
Elizabeth Weitzman | New York Daily News
“The director wants to bring recent history to life for people who weren't around to witness it, and in that he succeeds pretty admirably. ”
Carina Chocano | Los Angeles Times
“The movie stylishly portrays the story of the Chicago Seven with archival footage and animated sequences. Without reference to or retrospection from the present, Morgen crafts a film that is as pertinent as ever.”
Jeremy Mathews | Film Threat
“Equal parts tragedy and comedy, high drama and low farce. ”
Josh Rosenblatt | Austin Chronicle
