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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxLaw-abiding Americans who hand off a solid chunk of their salaries to the IRS might be interested in what filmmaker Aaron Russo has to say on the subject of income tax.
- 75Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanMostly it's about taxes -- namely, the argument that the Federal Income Tax, enacted in 1913, is unconstitutional and has been ruled as such by the Supreme Court, and that no law exists today requiring Americans to pay it.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumProvocative but also infuriating, this alarmist documentary argues that the levying of a federal income tax in 1913 was unconstitutional and set America on the road to fascism.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUnfortunately, while the film has some fascinating and compelling arguments, it quickly assumes the tone of an angry diatribe rather than a well-reasoned political discussion.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceFrom the tax debate, the documentary suddenly gets scattershot, going after the Patriot Act, laws against vitamin sales, election fraud, and Hurricane Katrina response (apparently a plot to grab people's guns), building to the standard New World Order line, which discredits any valid points Russo may have.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIt’s good to see that passionate cinematic rabble-rousing does not rest solely in the hands of the left.
- The film raises more questions than it could possibly hope to answer fully, devolving from an intriguing look at an enticingly obscure issue into a more broadly based mess.
- 38Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneAaron Russo's America: Freedom to Fascism can't even think straight, it's so mad.
- The mess we're in never looked so messy.
- 25The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinGives the Michael Moore muckraking-underdog treatment to the kind of delirious conspiracy theories generally associated with mentally ill homeless people screaming at passersby to stop stealing their brainwaves.