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Just in time for this year’s Presidential election, don't miss the must-see documentary that has the entire country talking. Best- selling author Dinesh D’Souza takes viewers on a journey into Barack Obama’s past and present and suggests how his experiences will affect our country’s future. D’Souza uncovers how "Hope and Change" became radically misconstrued in 2008 election, how Obama’s decisions in office point to a greater hidden agenda, and how America’s place in global affairs hang in the balance. A captivating story that crosses four continents and reveals shocking secrets, D’Souza proves that, love him or hate him, you don’t know the real Barack Obama.

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Interesting but speculative

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MrEdtheTalkingHorse
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2013-01-06
I got this film as I was curious about Mr Obama, and I found that it had a lot of interesting details, the subject's parents meeting at Russian class (at the height of the Cold War), the family background and the virtually invisible father. It certainly shows that Mr Obama had an interesting childhood, and that the company that Mr Obama has kept gave him a very politicised upbringing, but politicians tend to be like that. He is not unlike the British Milliband brothers in that respect (Labour Party politicians). The half-bother in Kenya is an interesting chap, but the film perhaps overplays its hand in suggesting that Mr Obama might wish to help his half-brother.
The narration does tend to speculate about Mr Obama's views, without making overt accusations, but I don't think that other left-wing Democrats (as opposed to 'centrist' Democrats etc.) would differ much from Mr Obama in their world view. One of the film's themes is that Mr Obama might wish the USA to be less influential in the world, but then again, so would Ron Paul and traditional 'isolationists', would it really hurt if the USA had a foreign policy like Brazil, which appears to have no enemies? However, the film suggests that Mr Obama's view is that he is happy for other nations to grow in influence relative to the USA, and some of the speculation as to the future for the Middle East might be actually close to events developing in Egypt, across the Maghreb and into Syria and over to Iran.
For me, I see little difference between the Bush II and Obama administrations, Obama has not jettisoned the adventurism of Bush II, and has accelerated spending faster than Bush might have had he had 3 terms, and the major difference is the Zombie re-birth of Hillarycare from the 1990s.
The end of the film, if anything, underplays the prospects for an economic collapse on the back of the enormous debt piled up in the last few decades, as the debt becomes un-repayable and unserviceable.
The format of the film is enjoyable, the presenter is engaging and he clearly sees the USA as a land of opportunity, and is grateful for the chances he has had and taken, and he does address head-on the question of what holds back African-Americans, but Rome wasn't built in a day. He gives an outsider's view of America, from the inside.
Overall, I found that the film posed some interesting questions which are worthy of debate. Many reviews take issue with the film without clearly expressing why, resorting to name-calling.
We now have three years to wait to see if any of it comes true.

Absolute waste of time & I want my money back !!!

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Gadgematix
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2012-11-13
Incoherent, irrelevant and intellectually vacuous. My 11 year old son was able to see the illogical conclusions the documentary maker jumps to. I am neither republican nor a democrat and am open to ideas. But this not an idea or an opinion supported by logical argument but a pseudo intellectual gobbledygook of a pretend scholar. I am seriously annoyed about wasting my time and I wish I could get my money back.

To the film-maker

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Cocteau8
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2012-11-08
In response to a film made on behalf of the GOP, and for the election of their presidential candidate - never mind, eh!!

Silly Man.

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A.D.Lee
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2012-11-06
Stop being a moron.

not objective

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mmeeus123
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2012-11-04
To keep it short, this movie is not as unbiased as the description makes it out to be. Interesting, but without a doubt with a very right wing political view point.

Good for balance

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Sheik Yerbeauti
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2012-10-27
This movie has nothing to do with political view, skin colour or what previous presidents have done but everything to do with what the President's background, world view and agenda for America is.
Pay little attention to the reviews. Just buy or rent it and and form your own view.
This movie is good for balance.

Worrying

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DBoz
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2012-10-24
The very nature of this film is concerning. Why defame someone for something they have not done?
Most of the current problems which America is suffering resulted from the President Bush's government. Regardless of your views on that, virtually all modern Western economies are struggling, so I would be careful who you blame for your woes.
This does not appear to be a balanced opinion and I would say is poison in the ear of those that fear a black president.

Utter Republican-inspired Rubbish

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ste1001
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2012-10-23
This is Republican tea-party motivated rubbish. To talk about the defecit and global instability in 4 years time like it is something created by President Obama is utter nonsense. The Republicans led by Bush Jr were the ones to turn a budget surplus into a defecit in two terms. They also were the ones to start two destabilising, expsnsive (morally and financially) and unnecessary wars whilst enriching their cronies in the defence sector.
Obama is the only intelligent president the US has ever had, who is working to undo the mess that he inherited from the idiots how ran the country before him.
And to the previous poster (director's friend?) the UK has not turned it's back on the US. The UK is a poodle to the US, and it always will be. It is too small, and insignificant economically to be anything else.

A must see film!

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Brian Kav1
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2012-10-23
Excellent understanding of Obama! Now I do understand why the English government have turned there back on there old friends THE USA! (I do hope it's only temporary). This is a must see documentary whatever views you have on the U.S.A!!!!