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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsIf you're in the mood for a horror movie, this ought to do you.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe most outspoken and yet in some ways the calmest of the new documentaries opposing the Bush presidency.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghNarrated by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, the film's form is measured, but its message is incendiary.
- 60Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanPresents an America that is as much about the pathological display of imperial power -- a showmanship of arrogance and violence -- as policy.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyGoes beyond simple Bush-bashing to paint a horrifying portrait of organized U.S. imperialist expansion and public deception stretching back to the early Reagan era.
- Openly polemical but also sobering documentary.
- 50New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannThere's really nothing new here, though, and lacking the drama and humor of "Fahrenheit 9/11," it is even more likely to be preaching to the converted.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAnother effective civics lesson that, unfortunately, will probably never be seen by the people whose minds it seeks to change.
- 40Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonAll in all, Hijacking is less a movie than a litany of arguments intended as, or at least only useful as, a brickbat in the discourse, aimed at your neighbor's Republican noggin.
- 30The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinCrude, grating.