Fresh
At film's end, you'll probably feel like having a long, hot shower, metaphoric or otherwise, to wash away the mire Brugger has presented.
James Adams, Globe and Mail
The Ambassador
To Break The Story, He Must Become The Story
2011 · 1h 33m
Documentary
Directed by
Mads Brügger
Overview
This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of gonzo journalism from international provocateur Mads Brügger (filmmaker of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Red Chapel) rips the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on the planet: the Central African Republic. Armed with a phalanx of hidden cameras, black-market diplomatic credentials and a bleeding-edge wit, Brügger transforms himself into an outlandish caricature of a European-African consul. As he immerses himself in the life-threatening underworld of nefarious bureaucrats, Brügger encounters blood diamond smuggling, bribery, and even murder -- while somehow managing to crack amazing razor-sharp barbs at every step along the way. From each absurdly terrifying/hilarious situation to the next, The Ambassador is a one-of-a-kind excursion from the man whom The Huffington Post has called “the most provocative filmmaker in the world.”
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[Brugger] returns with a jaw-dropping expose of postcolonial corruption; he's lucky he returned with his head.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
You can imagine how this could have become a 1950s British comedy. It is all real.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
'The Ambassador" is a sociopolitical prankumentary in which the prank blows up in the filmmaker's face, exploding-cigar style.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
The picture sometimes seems to have been assembled rather than creatively edited.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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