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A.O. Scott, New York Times: Mr. Brugger's portrait of shameless, routine collusion between exploitative foreigners and dysfunctional dictatorships is depressing and undeniable. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: The picture sometimes seems to have been assembled rather than creatively edited. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: 'The Ambassador" is a sociopolitical prankumentary in which the prank blows up in the filmmaker's face, exploding-cigar style. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: [Brugger] returns with a jaw-dropping expose of postcolonial corruption; he's lucky he returned with his head. Read more
William Goss, Film.com: A frequently amusing exploration of the dual frustrations of deep-seated corruption and dizzying bureaucracy. Read more
Karsten Kastelan, Hollywood Reporter: Danish director Mads Brugger goes undercover in Africa as a faux diplomat in search of blood diamonds, with shockingly entertaining results. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Part muckraking nonfiction film, part performance piece, it is a nervy documentary guaranteed, depending on who you are, to enlighten, disturb or offend. Read more
Mark Jenkins, NPR: The bold Brugger gets some interesting stuff, but it doesn't quite add up to an expose. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: A stunning, funny, and vital piece of guerilla cinema. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: You can imagine how this could have become a 1950s British comedy. It is all real. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: You'll be fascinated, frustrated and enraged by "The Ambassador," which is something like a bastard reworking of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" staged by Don DeLillo and Sacha Baron Cohen. Read more
James Adams, Globe and Mail: At film's end, you'll probably feel like having a long, hot shower, metaphoric or otherwise, to wash away the mire Brugger has presented. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: An undercover endeavor that never feels as if much is actually being uncovered. Read more
Leslie Felperin, Variety: Brugger ensures it's a fairly entertaining excursion, especially when he starts to enjoy getting into character as the nefarious white man in Africa. Read more
Karina Longworth, Village Voice: You watch both fearing that something spectacularly tragic could happen, and knowing that if this film exists, it probably didn't. Read more