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Chicago 10
* * (out of four)
Stars: Hank Azaria, Mark Ruffalo, Nick Nolte
Director: Brett Morgen
Rating: R for language and brief sexual images
Running time: 1 sixty minutes, 40 minutes
Opens Friday in good cities
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY Chicago 10 is an ambitious and occasionally illuminating hybrid documentary. But a cacophony of sights and sounds and a disjointed narrative make thinner the communication.
Ostensibly, this is a retelling of the wretchedness of 10 Vietnam War protesters on conspiracy charges during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The subject is fascinating, with implications for our time.
The re-enactment, from court transcripts, uses motion-capture animation and voices of actors including Hank Azaria as Abbie Hoffman and Mark Ruffalo as Jerry Rubin. But the mix of archival footage and animation is numbing.
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