Terror's Advocate

Infobox Film
name = Terror's Advocate


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director = Barbet Schroeder
producer = Rita Dagher
writer =
narrator = Barbet Schroeder
starring =
music = Jorge Arriagada
cinematography = Caroline Champetier
Jean-Luc Perréard
editing = Nelly Quettier
distributor = Les Films du Losange (France)
Magnolia Pictures (USA)
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runtime = 135 min.
country = France
language = English
French
German
Khmer
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website = http://www.terrorsadvocate.com/
amg_id = 1:399239
imdb_id = 1032854

"Terror's Advocate" ("L'Avocat de la terreur") is a 2007 French documentary film about Jacques Verg%C3%A8s.

Critical reception

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. As of January 5, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 81% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 32 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008699-terrors_advocate/ |title=Terror's Advocate - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-01-05 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 75 out of 100, based on 17 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/terrorsadvocate/ |title=Terror's Advocate (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2008-01-05 |publisher=Metacritic]

Kenneth Turan of "Los Angeles Times" named it the 3rd best film of 2007 (along with "Into Great Silence")cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2007/toptens.shtml |title=Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists |accessdate=2008-01-05 |publisher=Metacritic] , and J. Hoberman of "The Village Voice" named it the 8th best film of 2007.

References

* [http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/movies/12terr.html?8dpc New York Times review]

External links

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*rotten-tomatoes|id=10008699-terrors_advocate|title=Terror's Advocate
*metacritic film|id=terrorsadvocate/|title=Terror's Advocate
*mojo title|id=terrrorsadvocate|title=Terror's Advocate
*amg movie|id=1:399239|title=Terror's Advocate