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May 3, 2019 · 86% Tomatometer 78 Reviews. 68% Audience Score 50+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Meeting Gorbachev plays to filmmaker Werner Herzog's endlessly inquisitive strengths -- and...
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Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 11, 2019. Kevin...
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May 2, 2019 · The two men appear to like each other immensely — in narration, Herzog calls Gorbachev “one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century” — but Gorbachev can be a cool customer.
- Werner Herzog, Andre Singer
- Ben Kenigsberg
- 90 min
As one might imagine from one our most humanist documentarians, “Meeting Gorbachev” isn’t dense with political dissection as much as it uses Gorbachev’s time in office as a commentary on nuclear proliferation and the issues that combat world unity.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 11, 2019. Kevin Maher Times (UK) TOP CRITIC. Leave it to Werner Herzog. The iconoclastic German film-maker ditches the documentary rule book for this ...
May 2, 2019 · “Meeting Gorbachev” summons up a host of reasons why its subject was important, even though many Russians today consider him a traitor for having dismantled the Soviet Union.
- 2 min
- 2020
- Joe Morgenstern
Aug 31, 2022 · Engaging documentary portrait becomes a moving meditation on history. by Tom Birchenough Wednesday, 31 August 2022. 'Herzog is very much the interpolator, his hands (and glasses) circulating almost flightily, Gorbachev statuesque'.
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Sep 21, 2018 · Film Review: ‘Meeting Gorbachev’ The warmth of Herzog's regard for Gorbachev comes ingratiatingly across, but also blunts the edges of this surprisingly gentle documentary. By Jessica Kiang