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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibOne need not fully subscribe to Peter Navarro's demonization to appreciate his lucid wake-up call to the imminent dangers of the huge U.S.-China trade imbalance and its disastrous impact on the American economy.
- 60The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerIt is also unabashedly one-sided and is short on solutions, other than the usual "Call your Congressional representatives." But its message, despite the hyperbole, certainly warrants examination and discussion.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe bulk of the film contains as much hysterical rhetoric as sober analysis.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFull of legitimate, even urgent concerns but so garish in tone it encourages viewers to view it as propaganda, Peter Navarro's Death By China does a disservice to its message.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirMuch of the argument Navarro assembles in Death by China is unassailable as to its basic facts, even if the tone and manner of presentation leave much to be desired.
- 38Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerFurther confirmation that agitprop documentaries have become wedded to a template that undermines their very arguments.
- 33The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThese are all legitimate concerns, which Navarro supports with testimony from economists, politicians, union leaders, and businesspeople, but they're undermined at every point by a sky-is-falling hysteria that registers as white noise. It's the documentary equivalent of a raving street-corner derelict.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe documentary tells us little we don't already know and is overwhelmingly one-sided. It would make a nice TV infomercial, but certainly doesn't deserve a big-screen release.