
THE FINAL YEAR is a unique insiders' account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team during their last year in office. Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, THE FINAL YEAR offers an uncompromising view of the inner workings of the Obama Administration as they prepare to leave power after eight years.... (Full plot summary below)
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THE FINAL YEAR is a unique insiders' account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team during their last year in office. Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, THE FINAL YEAR offers an uncompromising view of the inner workings of the Obama Administration as they prepare to leave power after eight years.
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| Seattle TimesJohn HartlIn the end, The Final Year can offer only the perspective of time and history as a consolation. |
| Time OutPhilip De SemlyenIt's a blur of airport runways, limos and government buildings that feels like the midway point between 'The West Wing' and 'Fast & Furious'. |
| The ListNikki BaughanBarker takes a simple premise and, through nothing more than some solid editing and a clear-eyed focus, creates an insightful and surprisingly moving snapshot of one of the most tumultuous events in recent political history. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Evan SaathoffA compelling and well-made documentary about statesmanship at the highest level, enriched with an element of horror due to the rise of Trump occurring in the background. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Eli SandersI feel it's likely the people in it-Obama, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former UN Ambassador Samantha Power, and former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes-would agree you should do something else. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrThe film’s chief flaw is that it’s in the room but never really in the room — the key figures talk about passionate interoffice policy arguments, but we never actually see them. Still, The Final Year takes in setbacks, breakthroughs, gaffes, and a steady drumbeat of talking-head criticism from televised outsiders, heard on the film’s soundtrack but not seen. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonThe film will be of particular interest to foreign-policy wonks, but it also plays well as a drama about the limited ability of any president to have a lasting impact. |
| CNN.comBrian LowryFor its target audience, The Final Year can't help but have a melancholy feel, any more than it can be separated from the prism of politics. But it's worth seeing, if only to gain greater appreciation for the nature of these jobs and their highs and lows. |
| NPRMark JenkinsGradually documentarian Greg Barker's look at Barack Obama's foreign policy team comes into focus, thanks in large part to the counterpoint played by the Trump campaign. |
| HeraldNet (Everett, WA)Robert HortonIt's one of those films, like From Here to Eternity or Titanic, where you know a giant historical event is going to happen at the end and overturn all the plans made by the characters. |