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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA timely look at an important issue that's getting more hotly contested every month, Electoral Dysfunction takes a mildly jocular tone to get viewers concerned about what it calls a "war on voting" in America.
- It's pleasant. It treats Democrats and Republicans respectfully, and its humor, with the comic Mo Rocca as guide, is closer to Garrison Keillor than to Michael Moore.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinBoth well-timed and oddly late-on-arrival, the good-natured documentary Electoral Dysfunction attempts to lay bare the irregularities behind the American voting system but, for some, it may feel too lightweight and coy for genuine effect.
- 30VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibSatirist and "Daily Show" ex-contributor Mo Rocca's faux-disingenuous tone and nonstop jocularity dominate the documentary to quickly grating effect, significantly diminishing its impact.
- 30Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerThe result being a film that, devoid of both laugh-out-loud humor and the righteous indignation that characterizes most agitprop efforts, winds up being just a voting-for-dummies primer.