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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 94% score based on 54 reviews with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Lake of Fire's engaging interviews and powerful black-and-white visuals make for a riveting and honest documentary about a very controversial topic".[1] Additionally, the film also holds an 83/100 score (indicating "universal acclaim") on Metacritic based on 15 reviews. The site also gave it a "Metacritic Must-See" award.[2]
On November 19, 2007, Lake of Fire was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of 15 films on its documentary feature Oscar shortlist, but it did not receive a nomination.[3]
Top ten listsedit
The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[4]
lake, fire, film, lake, fire, 2006, american, documentary, film, directed, tony, kaye, that, graphically, depicts, abortion, united, states, features, noam, chomsky, peter, singer, alan, dershowitz, hentoff, randall, terry, norma, mccorvey, among, others, foot. Lake of Fire is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Tony Kaye that graphically depicts abortion in the United States It features Noam Chomsky Peter Singer Alan Dershowitz Nat Hentoff Randall Terry and Norma McCorvey among others Footage of Paul Jennings Hill who murdered physician Dr John Britton and Britton s bodyguard James Barrett in 1994 was also featured Lake of FireDirected byTony KayeWritten byTony KayeProduced byTony Kaye Yan Lin KayeStarringNoam ChomskyAlan DershowitzPeter SingerRandall TerryCinematographyTony KayeEdited byPeter GoddardMusic byAnne DudleyProductioncompanyAbove the SeaDistributed byTH NKFILMRelease datesSeptember 9 2006 2006 09 09 Toronto International Film Festival October 3 2007 2007 10 03 United States Running time152 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget6 5 Million The documentary was filmed entirely in black and white It opened in September 2006 in Toronto Ontario Contents 1 Critical reception 1 1 Top ten lists 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCritical reception editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2019 On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 94 score based on 54 reviews with an average rating of 7 8 10 The site s critical consensus reads Lake of Fire s engaging interviews and powerful black and white visuals make for a riveting and honest documentary about a very controversial topic 1 Additionally the film also holds an 83 100 score indicating universal acclaim on Metacritic based on 15 reviews The site also gave it a Metacritic Must See award 2 On November 19 2007 Lake of Fire was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of 15 films on its documentary feature Oscar shortlist but it did not receive a nomination 3 Top ten lists edit The film appeared on several critics top ten lists of the best films of 2007 4 3rd Scott Foundas LA Weekly tied with 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4th Joshua Rothkopf Time Out New York 4th Ella Taylor LA Weekly tied with 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days 6th Scott Tobias The A V Club 10th Ty Burr The Boston GlobeSee also editAbortion debate Anti abortion violence Abortion law Abortion in the United States Religion and abortion List of films shot over three or more yearsReferences edit Lake of Fire Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 2023 03 11 Lake of Fire 2007 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 2008 01 06 Shortlist for docu Oscar unveiled The Hollywood Reporter 2007 11 20 Retrieved 2007 12 21 Metacritic 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists Metacritic Archived from the original on 2008 01 02 Retrieved 2008 01 05 External links editLake of Fire at IMDb nbsp Lake of Fire at Rotten Tomatoes Lake of Fire at Metacritic nbsp Lake of Fire at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lake of Fire film amp oldid 1144852577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
