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The Way I See It
Directed by
Dawn Porter
PG-13
2020
1h 42m
Documentary
8.2
85%
93%
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Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.
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Cast of The Way I See It
Pete Souza
Self
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Samantha Power
Self
Susan Rice
Self
Michelle Obama
Self (archive footage)
Melania Trump
Self (archive footage)
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Ben Rhodes
Self
The Way I See It Ratings & Reviews
indieWire
Kate Erbland
The documentary's scattered storytelling never gets in the way of its emotional power, which is staggering.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Souza comes off as a genuine and genuinely humble talent.
Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt
A flawed but galvanizing documentary...
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
The film is anchored in a public lecture given by Souza, in which he shows his photos and tells their stories. Interspersed with these vignettes are scenes of Souza and Obama behind the scenes.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
At times [it] comes close to sounding like a Democratic Party promotional video, especially in the late stretches, but Porter is a talented director who knows every picture tells a story, and boy does Pete Souza have a story to tell.
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
But what's best about the documentary is all that Obama sun. It's hard to come by these days, even in retrospect.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Photographers, like writers, do not usually make the best film subjects. Director Dawn Porter, who also directed John Lewis: Good Trouble, doesn't find a good way around this.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Souza reminds us of how much of our sense of events is formed by images, and in his new documentary, "The Way I See It," like the photographs he took, reward a deeper look.
Slant Magazine
Chris Barsanti
The final product feels like it would have been most appropriate as a video presentation for the Democratic National Convention.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
Prepared to be moved and awed in ways you wouldn't expect. It's a trip down memory lane that should excite citizens about the possibilities for tomorrow.
Mashable
Angie Han
The Way I See It feels like little more than a bit of PR fluff for a bygone leader - and perhaps, by extension, his former VP.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Though it goes adrift at times, the film lands at a moment when you may need some uplift and provides a welcome reminder of what executive dignity looks like.
Variety
Peter Debruge
"The Way I See It" feels like it could carry on being relevant to audiences for decades to come.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Simply in terms of presenting a draft of history through his earlier work and scalding commentary via his more recent endeavors, Souza's aim has been true.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
The movie is impeccably crafted and consistently engaging.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
A marvelous portrait of Souza and of two administrations that not coincidentally also works as a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump.
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
These pictures tell a poignant story.
The Oklahoman
Brandy McDonnell
A picture is worth a thousand words, and thousands of pictures make a compelling case for the continued importance of photojournalism in the age of video in "The Way I See It.
Pay or Wait
Sharronda Williams
The Way I See It may be one-sided at times but is a fascinating documentary on the importance of journalism and compassion we desperately need in the world today.
RogerEbert.com
Tomris Laffly
A time-stopping, nostalgia inducing, big-hearted documentary.
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