Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

I've long felt that Mr Carter is most likely the greatest man to ever occupy the White House. This film reinforced that. I've long been a staunch advocate of Israel and the right of Israel to protect itself. This movie (and... Full review

It is no surprise that in the last few years President Carter has been vilified; called a liar, anti-Semite, plagiarist and a bigot just because he has the courage to speak out the truth. The anti-Carter rhetoric reached a crescendo with... Full review

Depending on your political proclivities, those expecting a full-blown biopic of the 39th President of the United States will be either severely disappointed that it focuses primarily on his 2006/7 book signing tour, or exhilarated that it is not a... Full review

...but despite some of Jonathan Demme's techniques to making Man from Plains, which are either interesting (the skewed camera on the television screens, the title cards listed in big font above the locations in some scenes) or off-putting (the usage... Full review

Forget the subject matter, this movie is boring as hell. You want to see some good documentary's? Try watching the excellent "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" or another great film called "Why... Full review

What a wonderful documentary! Jonathan Demme does an excellent job of presenting Jimmy Carter as a sensitive, compassionate, humble, brave and extremely intelligent man. Of course Carter is only human, and the film shows that as well as he gets... Full review

Jonathan Demme makes a misstep in this documentary with the former president. I believe that Jimmy Carter's advocacy of peace is sincere. But this film in support of the controversial book does nothing to advocate his position nor incite any... Full review

Set primarily along the signing tour of his latest controversial book, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains takes us inside the private life of the much maligned 39th President of the United States.Politics aside, it is a well made and enjoyable... Full review

In 2006, Jimmy Carter wrote a book titled Palestine Peace Not Apartheid . The main argument of the book is that Israels policies in Gaza and the West Bank are the main obstacle to any peace between Israel and the... ... Full Article

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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains - A documentary by director Jonathan Demme following Jimmy Carter on his recent book tour for his controversial book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. A great director ... Full Article

There's a sense that Jimmy Carter was somehow lacking in the manly vigor/pugnacious aggression that seems to be expected of an American president. The consensus indicates he was too focused on peace and human rights, too cautiously principled for the... ... Full Article

By Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Director Jonathan Demme cautioned Jimmy Carter that he intended to make a "warts and all" documentary about him. The 39th president of the United States found the phrase "vaguely distasteful," Demme says, but he needn't ... Full Article