Reviews

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  Very few films can be classified as unmissable, but this is one.

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  Peter Bradshaw, Guardian 5/5

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  A complex yet fascinating documentary exploring the risk, and numerous near-misses, of nucleur weapons in a modern world of warfare

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  David Gritten, Telegraph 4/5

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  A staggering piece of investigative filming

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  Kate Muir, The Times 4/5

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  Countdown to Zero raises the all but forgotten question of nuclear war and leaves us petrified, in almost no doubt it will happen.

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  Jason Solomons, The Observer

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  FORGET THE SAW MOVIES. OR MUTANT zombies. Or killer fish, even if they are in three glorious, gory dimensions. The scariest films this year - and possibly in any other year - are Collapse and Countdown To Zero

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  Empire

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  Countdown emphasizes its interactive aspects and provides audiences with ways to enter the debate -- information they will likely ingest, as soon as they can catch their breath

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  Variety

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  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

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  New York Times

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  This remarkable film will do for nuclear disarmament what An Inconvenient Truth did for the environment.

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  Red Magazine

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  A valuable and scary film that should be seen

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  David Hughes, Empire Magazine

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  Lucy Walker's passionate, sobering study of modern-day nuclear arms is unquestionably the most important film you'll see this year

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  James Mottram, MovieScope

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  Countdown to Zero is a strong, well made, and galvanising film

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  Chris Woolfrey, Don't Panic