79
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistChris BarsantiThe PlaylistChris BarsantiOnce the flood of heavily redacted documents starts flowing in, Boundaoui’s measured but righteous indignation bends toward what she calls the gray “dangerous place” between paranoia and the truth.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersLos Angeles TimesKimber MyersThe Fear of Being Watched is focused and thorough, but it takes the time to place its events in a larger context.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonExamining the idea of paranoia as an engineered reaction, a tool of control that inhibits potential activism and self-expression, it's more than a lesson in living history. It's a powerful argument for how necessary it is to watch the watchers.
- 75The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkThe Feeling of Being Watched is an illuminating documentary told through an engaging first-person perspective through the eyes of someone who as a kid may have not seen the entire picture – and as an adult is now starting to put it together before our very eyes.