Garbo: The Spy

critic Reviews

, 86% Fresh Tomatometer Score
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    Cliff DoerksenChicago Reader
    Edmon Roch spins a zippy yarn of Pujol's improbable exploits from archival footage, talking heads, and clips from classic espionage dramas.
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    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times
    An engrossing documentary that is itself largely a work of the director's imagination.
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    Sheri LindenLos Angeles Times
    Director Edmon Roch makes some smart conceptual choices that honor his subject's self-invention and mystery.
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    Kyle SmithNew York Post
    Fascinating though it is, the movie is thin on historical materials.
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    John DeForeThe Hollywood Reporter
    Doc's incredible tale of WWII espionage would likely work better as a feature film.
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    Rachel SaltzNew York Times
    Edmon Roch has a great story to tell in "Garbo the Spy," and he recounts it with the flair of a Hollywood spy movie: "Garbo" is dramatic, entertaining, even funny in parts.
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    Neely SwansonEasy Reader (California)
    Go see for yourself and discover an important moment in time that changed history.
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    Andrea ChaseKiller Movie Reviews
    World War II ended more than half a century ago, but heretofore unknown stories are still surfacing from it. Few, if any, are more fascinating that the eponymous subject of Edmond Roch's stylishly engrossing documentary
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    Shawn LevyOregonian
    The story told in "Garbo: The Spy" is so outlandish that you almost feel as if you're watching a mockumentary. But it appears to be entirely true.
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    Doris ToumarkineFilm Journal International
    Award-winning Spanish documentary about World War II's most infamous double agent eventually evolves into a fascinating expos of highly creative and unconventional espionage work.
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