
NewsBusters: Variety Critic Trashes D’Souza Film as a Worst Film of 2016, Calls Him ‘Founding Father of Fake News’
Originally posted at NewsBusters by Tim Graham.
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday put a gauzy movie about the Obamas’ first date among her ten best movies of 2016. Now in Variety, film critic Owen Gleiberman singled out Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary Hillary’s America in his five worst movies of 2016. Gleiberman unloaded on it:
You’ve got to say this for the right-wing firebrand-turned-documentary filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza: A few years back, he looked like an outlier, but now he looks like the founding father of fake news.
In his latest alternate-reality screed, D’Souza piles on the historical conspiracy theories and flagrant disregard for facts to blame the Democratic Party for everything from slavery to the genocidal killing of Native Americans to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (Inner-city poverty? That’s their fault too.)
So it’s “fake news” that the Ku Klux Klan were southern Democrats? The “War on Poverty” worked?
Gleiberman issued political verdicts all over. D’Souza came in at number four on the worst list. Number one was Nina, in which the critic hit every leftist talking point from the Guardian playbook: “The decision to cast Zoë Saldana as the legendary Nina Simone was – make no mistake – appalling. Saldana is a fine actress, but the subtext of the casting was, “Simone doesn’t meet the new standard of beauty.” And that’s a profoundly racist notion.”
The Variety critic also uncorked on the unsuccessful remake of Ben-Hur for marketing to Christians: “the all-over-the-place snoozy mini-series plotting to the decision to pander to the Evangelical demo by playing up Jesus to the franchise-mentality delusion that the chariot climax — so analog! so retro gritty! — was going to be Gladiator on wheels.”
Back in 1999, MRC’s Brent Bozell lit into Gleiberman for loving anti-religion movies like Kevin Smith’s Dogma, since they are the best religion movies:
Gleiberman wrote then for Entertainment Weekly: “Whenever a movie is pilloried by religious protesters, it inevitably turns out to be one of the rare films of genuine religious feeling. Movies such as The Last Temptation of Christ or Priest are powerful because of how deeply they come to grips with the inordinate demands of faith. Maybe that’s why they aroused such ire: They’re too honest to make being a good Christian look easy.”
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December 18, 2016 at 8:06 PM
Variety is owned by a British conglomerate! No telling where the critic came from who works for this conglomerate, and no telling what crime syndicates are involved (including the Clinton crime syndicate). No one cares what Variety has to say; they have no credibility!
December 18, 2016 at 8:08 PM
The far left is going to say anything at this point due to be desperate. I have enjoyed your knowledge on the Clintons.
December 18, 2016 at 8:18 PM
South side with you was the worst film of 2016. Again mainstream media has it wrong!!
December 18, 2016 at 8:19 PM
It is hard to understand why Democrats remain happy in the lies they create and believe. Even after the truth is proven, they choose to remain in their truly sorry state. And, apparently they don’t like to do their homework. Thank you, Dinesh, for always doing yours and for keeping us informed! May you and your family have a blessed and Merry Christmas!
December 18, 2016 at 8:19 PM
Your movie was the best history lesson I have ever had. I saw it 4 times i was so entriqued. I never knew who founded the KKK and why. I keep hearing praise for Sol Alinsky when what he was was a common criminal. Democrats take credit for the good things and when you know they are wrong they all just Deny,DenyDeny! Love thr moving ending when the girl sings God Bless America and it ends with American fighter planes in unison! Beautiful! Thank you.
December 18, 2016 at 8:22 PM
Like other liberal left trash news, Variety can’t handle the truth.
December 18, 2016 at 8:36 PM
Fuck the fake radical left news.
December 18, 2016 at 8:39 PM
Gwen Gleiberman must be a dumocrap and educated at dum”o”cap U. That’s the only reason he wouldn’t have found the movie interesting.
I lived in the south and know that what the movie says is true. It didn’t go far enough though. Like how the KKK was killing the republican and how the KKK turned into the skinhead Nazis. The democrats are still part of the Nazis. Look how hard the little weasels are trying to ban all guns. Banning guns is what Hitler did be tried to kill all the Jews.
December 18, 2016 at 9:12 PM
Obviously a liberal viewpoint. My WY wife and I saw the movie in a jam packed theater. As the credits were running, no one left until the end. As. We left the theater, I and other patrons were in the lobby discussing the information with people we or they had never met. The general consensus; no hillery.
December 18, 2016 at 10:03 PM
When you can’t win with the truth… I did not know Variety was still in publication. The left seems to have this odd belief that anything they don’t agree with is either a lie or racism… keep on keeping on, D’Souza. If they are pissed, you are dong something right.
December 19, 2016 at 12:22 AM
You know what they say? Those that can, do. Those that can’t, become critics. Gleiberman is as dumb as a doorknob and can’t find his ass with both hands.
December 19, 2016 at 1:12 AM
Make them document what was fake.
December 19, 2016 at 2:32 AM
We saw it on a quiet mid week night. Several people, including me, were wiping away tears as they left. Beautiful story beautifully told. There are people who deeply love this country.
December 19, 2016 at 7:14 AM
It shows you , you cant always rely on a Film critic to be honest nor Partisan. Definitely will never listen to this critic.
December 19, 2016 at 7:45 AM
Easy to take generalized pot shots at the film but I defy anyone to deconstruct the film and disprove its specific assertions. Can’t be done.
December 19, 2016 at 8:25 AM
I found Hillary’s America very enlightening an factual. Liberals don’t know history.
December 19, 2016 at 8:57 AM
It is one think to ‘claim’ fake. But really? This is outrageous! If they want to say any points are ‘fake’ they need to take each and every issue and debunk it. They can’t do it!
December 19, 2016 at 11:37 AM
I admire people who tell the truth no matter the cost to them.
December 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM
This movie looks like just the thing to watch! I’m sure the left is squirming and uncomforable knowing this film is out there, and they should be; they have been responsible for the near annihilation of this country for DECADES.
December 19, 2016 at 4:05 PM
Best movie of the more like it. Screw the commies!
December 19, 2016 at 6:56 PM
Owen Glieberman is a liberal idiot just like the rest of the media in this country-they are not the voice of America-they are their own thwarted voice and are too afraid to do historical research themselves. So proud of Dinesh D’Souzas and the truth he has revealed- why would he spend his own money and time in research to post fake history?? Only the liberal biased bought out news media does that- Hilary’s America was an excellent film.