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The Ambassador
Directed by
Mads Brügger
Not Rated
2012
1h 33m
Documentary
,
History
7.2
71%
75%
6.6
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Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a Liberian Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.
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Cast of The Ambassador
Mads Brügger
Himself / Director
Peter Engel
Producer
The Ambassador Ratings & Reviews
Film Comment Magazine
Jennifer Dworkin
Brgger seems very taken with his own cleverness-his too-cool-for-school attitude suggests that his ultimate aim is really to amuse himself.
Shared Darkness
Brent Simon
A wild, darkly comic slice of nonfiction branded 'performative journalism' by its creator. Ballsy, attention-grabbing and a lot of fun for anyone with an interest in matters geopolitical.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
[Brugger] returns with a jaw-dropping expos of postcolonial corruption; he's lucky he returned with his head.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
You can imagine how this could have become a 1950s British comedy. It is all real.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
'The Ambassador" is a sociopolitical prankumentary in which the prank blows up in the filmmaker's face, exploding-cigar style.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
The picture sometimes seems to have been assembled rather than creatively edited.
ScreenCrush
Jordan Hoffman
In a time of intense niche-marketing, particularly of lower budget films, it is quite refreshing to come away from a movie and think, "wait, what the hell did I just see?"
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Danish documentarian and full-time provocateur Mads Brgger is either fearless or insane, possibly a combination of both.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
A stunning, funny, and vital piece of guerilla cinema.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Part muckraking nonfiction film, part performance piece, it is a nervy documentary guaranteed, depending on who you are, to enlighten, disturb or offend.
AV Club
Alison Willmore
Deserves serious points for boldness, though not cohesiveness.
Film.com
William Goss
A frequently amusing exploration of the dual frustrations of deep-seated corruption and dizzying bureaucracy.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
You'll be fascinated, frustrated and enraged by "The Ambassador," which is something like a bastard reworking of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" staged by Don DeLillo and Sacha Baron Cohen.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Mr. Brugger's portrait of shameless, routine collusion between exploitative foreigners and dysfunctional dictatorships is depressing and undeniable.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
The bold Brugger gets some interesting stuff, but it doesn't quite add up to an expose.
Village Voice
Karina Longworth
You watch both fearing that something spectacularly tragic could happen, and knowing that if this film exists, it probably didn't.
Variety
Leslie Felperin
Brugger ensures it's a fairly entertaining excursion, especially when he starts to enjoy getting into character as the nefarious white man in Africa.
The Hollywood Reporter
Karsten Kastelan
Danish director Mads Brugger goes undercover in Africa as a faux diplomat in search of blood diamonds, with shockingly entertaining results.
IndieWire
Eric Kohn
...enacted less with a coy wink than with a violent elbow jab to the ribs.
Slant Magazine
Chris Cabin
Simply put, there's no fire in Mads Brgger's belly, or at least any perceivable fire.
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