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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatFilm ThreatBorrowing more than its title from the Frank Capra social comedy, this underdog tale is a rough gem.
- 88Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageA rousing, sometimes funny, frequently depressing documentary.
- 80Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayDeeply absorbing and moving with the caffeinated speed of Smith's own feisty campaign, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is at once a celebration of small-d democracy and an elegy to it, a portrait that will surely inspire and infuriate viewers.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyBoth the documentary and the candidate lose their naiveté along the way without abandoning the idealism that inspired the endeavor in the first place.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe long odds against Smith only make his unexpected surge against Carnahan more exciting, and Popper sticks close to the fierce campaigner and his young, mostly inexperienced staffers, capturing all the energy, idealism, dour humor, and unreasoning hope of a Cinderella candidacy.
- 70VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellAlthough the outcome is public record, picture is undeniably gripping as it reveals a distressing degree of voter complacency.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustLike "Street Fight," Marshall Curry's account of the 2002 Newark, N.J., mayoral race, "Mr. Smith" captures ground-level political machinations in an utterly fascinating way. The question raised by the title makes for an interesting, if possibly disheartening, debate.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe movie, like Smith, is breezy, fun and keeps comin' at ya. [22 Dec 2006, p.5]