Countdown to Zero 2010

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Like the ongoing threat itself, Countdown is simply numbing. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: This scarily convincing argument that the end, if not quite nigh, is at least foreseeable urges us to wake up and smell the highly enriched uranium. Read more

John Anderson, Wall Street Journal: The nighttime photography, of the world's most luminous cities, awakens our sense of grief -- not for what's gone, but for what could be, in the blink of an eye. The editing by Brad Fuller and Brian Johnson is miraculous. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Smart, swift and scary as hell. Read more

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: Countdown to Zero may not be the most fun you'll have in the movies this year, but it is absolutely mandatory viewing. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: Walker has something important to say with Countdown To Zero, but if this movie were standing on a doorstep with a petition, most reasonable people would sign it quickly and send it on its way, rather than inviting it in to chat. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: World destruction is no laughing matter, and yet this movie's treatment of it is sometimes amusingly desperate. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Some of the footage is astounding. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Made-up horror movies have nothing on Countdown to Zero. Read more

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: The news is ugly. The film is often gorgeous and wields a cumulative power to humanize potential devastation. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Easily the scariest movie of the year. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Countdown to Zero comes close to being nuclear-anxiety porn, yet it's the rare film that could trigger and unite the reflexes 
 of the left and the right. It makes 
 getting rid of nukes seem less like a ''cause'' than an imperative. Read more

David Germain, Associated Press: Offers a chilling look at current nuclear arsenals and the weapons programs of North Korea and Iran. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Walker adroitly mixes extensive newsreel footage, lively graphics and talking-head interviews with dozens of people, from scientists to think tank folks to world leaders... Read more

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Kyle Smith, New York Post: Illustrating the many ways nuclear weapons could kill you makes Countdown to Zero one of the most frightening documentaries you'll ever see, or endure. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: [A] well-researched, anxiety-provoking film... Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Countdown to Zero is worthwhile to an extent, if that extent is largely to remind the viewer of certain facts that are easily shunted to the back of one's consciousness. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This handsomely produced film argues that nukes can be eliminated through enforceable international agreements, just as chemical and biological weapons have been banned. Read more

Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: A bluntly effective media campaign as opposed to a well-articulated documentary. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: At least it makes you scared again. There's nothing more frightening than what we've learned to live with. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: Comes loaded with a relatively big budget and a line-up of talking heads more powerful than a meeting of the Bilderberg Group. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: For those of us who remember having to endure The Day After in social-studies class, followed by cheery discussions of nuclear winter, Countdown to Zero will cast a frightening, punishing spell. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: A politically urgent picture, it will also literally scare the breath out of what will certainly be a worldwide audience. Read more

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Vadim Rizov, Village Voice: Never trust a movie that ends with a moveon.org link. Read more