Packs a punch…. knocks the breath out of the spectator…eerily convincing…bravo to Channel 4 for the commission…..Bravo to Toronto. Now let’s see how far it can go, around the world.

Amazingly real

A scathing, often brilliant satire of the Bush administration’s policies and rhetoric.

Amazingly realistic…remarkable….exceptional

A vision of an all-too-plausible future rendered with urgency and eye-popping realism….an incredibly realistic political thriller…..yet the film’s deeper intentions are far more urgent, and elevate it into the company of such landmark works….as Peter Watkins’s The War Game, Costa-Gavras’s Z and, closer to home, Michel Brault’s Les Ordres. Every thinking person should see Death of a President.

Edge-of-the-seat stuff…

Highly impressive…accomplished…admirably sustained air of authenticity…. scarcely a false note struck in the whole feature-length film…convincing….a terrific thriller

Complex, restrained and painstakingly careful not to glorify violence…the film examines the pressure to rush to judgment….

Technically impressive……dignified……an essay on how a national tragedy can be exploited as the grounds for an even greater tragedy

Finch has been praised for treating all sides of the political spectrum with respect, but there is no mistaking his cautionary message about the dangers of ethnic demonization and rushing to judgment under the pretext of fighting terrorism

Seamless, intelligent and maybe even necessary to an understanding of George W. Bush’s role in the world today, and his place in the wider scope of history…convincingly staged…electrifying drama…compellingly realistic.

A clever, thoughtful and totally believable script…..your blood runs cold…..brilliantly played by first-rate actors…..a film without a political agenda that everyone should see…..ground-breaking technical proficiency……