Rotten
The movie's indictment would be more persuasive had Jarecki recognized that his audience likely already knows most of what he recaps, and can handle the odd scrap of ambiguity.
Claude Peck, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The House I Live In
The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
2012 · 1h 50m · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Eugene Jarecki
Overview
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
"The House I Live In" leaves you shaking your head in deadened wonder at the waste of it all.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Tells a complex story with troubling ease.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
The House I Live In is a work of journalism, not propaganda: Jarecki has done his research and leaves it to you to decide what to make of it.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
If [it] takes a while to focus, it eventually becomes the conversation starter the subject desperately needs.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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