Citizen K
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| Directed by | Alex Gibney |
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| Edited by | Michael J. Palmer |
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| Distributed by | Greenwich Entertainment |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Box office | $145,969 |
Citizen K is a 2019 documentary film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky, written and directed by Alex Gibney. It is a film about post-Soviet Russia featuring Khodorkovsky, Anton Drel, Maria Logan, Alexei Navalny, Tatyana Lysova, Leonid Nevzlin, Igor Malashenko and Derk Sauer.
Citizen K was financed by Amazon. It had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival and was part of the official selection at Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Citizen K sees documentarian Alex Gibney training his sights on post-Soviet Russia, with engrossing -- and unsettling -- results." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Accolades
Gibney received a nomination at the 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards for Best Documentary Screenplay, losing the award to his own film The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.
References
- ↑ Lodge, Guy (August 31, 2019). "Venice Film Review: 'Citizen K'". Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Alex Gibney Doc 'Citizen K' Sells to Greenwich Entertainment, Will Get Oscar Push (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Citizen K (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Citizen K (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (October 3, 2019). "Citizen K review – strange tale of the oligarch who became Putin's nemesis". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ Lang, Brent (October 28, 2019). "Alex Gibney's 'Citizen K' Documentary About Putin Adversary Gets Trailer (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ↑ Maher, Kevin (October 9, 2019). "Putin's enemy Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Citizen K, the film that tells his story". ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on January 5, 2026. Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- 1 2 3 Lattanzio, Ryan (September 30, 2019). "Alex Gibney's Anti-Putin Portrait 'Citizen K' Gets Awards Release From 'Free Solo' Distributor". Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ↑ Halligan, Fionnuala (August 31, 2019). "'Citizen K': Venice Review". Screen. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ↑ "British Council Film: Citizen K". film.britishcouncil.org. Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Citizen K (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ↑ "Citizen K Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 29, 2026.
- ↑ Lindhal, Chris (February 1, 2020). "Writers Guild Awards 2020: 'Parasite' and 'JoJo Rabbit' Win Screenplay Awards". IndieWire. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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