82
Metascore
37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA deeply straightforward yet beautifully crafted documentary.
- 100PremierePeter DebrugePremierePeter DebrugeDelivers a polished and well-researched look at America 's largest corporate bankruptcy with a laser-sharp focus on the personalities, practices, and fates of the top executives behind the Enron meltdown.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTruly a tale for our time.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatIt’s only by understanding what went wrong that we can hope to recognize the warning signs next time.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Ken TuckerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Ken TuckerThe most blessedly traditional sort of documentary. It follows the twisty, complicated rise and fall of Enron in steady, chronological order, from the mid-eighties to the present.
- 80VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonBy turns amazing, amusing and appalling.
- 80The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasHandsomely produced and photographed, which alone distinguishes it from the guerrilla standards of its cut-rate peers, Enron succeeds most by simply making a complex situation graspable, a tall order when the perpetrators are masters of grand-scale deception.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanSoberly entertaining documentary.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIt's scarier than "The Amityville Horror," as scandalous as "Fahrenheit 9/11" and loaded with more conspiracies than "The Interpreter."