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Theo Who Lived
Directed by
David Schisgall
NR
2016
86m
Documentary
6.9
83%
40%
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A documentary on American journalist Theo Padnos who was Kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in Syria.
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Where to Watch Theo Who Lived
Apple TV
Rent $4.99
Buy $9.99
Cast of Theo Who Lived
Theo Padnos
Nancy Curtis
Viva Hardigg
David Schisgall
Director / Writer
Amanda Branson Gill
Producer
Theo Who Lived Ratings & Reviews
Bay Area Reporter
Erin Blackwell
David Schisgall has directed this film with grace and eloquence, letting Theo tell it his way, in a site-specific reenactment that is itself a bit adventurous.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Julia Raban
[Theo] Padnos is sometimes calm and philosophical, sometimes impassioned and enraged.
SF Weekly
Sherilyn Connelly
Fitfully interesting.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Basically we have an 86-minute documentary that's virtually a monologue by Padnos of his experiences.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Though no apologist for the Al Qaeda faction that kidnapped him in Syria in 2012, Padnos's rueful and sympathetic storytelling exhibits the kind of cultural understanding that drew him to the region in the first place.
The Young Folks
Nathanael Hood
I think more than anything else, Padnos himself keeps Theo Who Lived from feeling blandly derivative.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
Schisgall's interviews with her enrich the portrait of Padnos, but it's the journo's open gaze and natural inquisitiveness, his refusal to merely demonize his abusers, that give the film its discomforting power.
Film Journal International
David Noh
That pretentious title kinda says it all about this well-meaning but rather narcissistic doc about a kidnapping victim's experiences in Syria.
The Playlist
Andy Crump
A riveting work, if a bit too hemmed in by the boundaries of its running time.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
This is a potent, vital film.
Village Voice
Daphne Howland
This film is valuable on account of its singular vantage point, and not just because of the firsthand description of the jihadist group's brutality, which is unsurprising.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The film pushes through one story point to the next, occasionally prizing velocity over texture.
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